2025 Best Photography Schools in the Southeast Region
9Colleges in the Southeast Region
353Photography Degrees Awarded
A degree in photography is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #310 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for photography students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 353 degrees in photography annually.
Your choice of photography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for photography schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Photography Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Photography in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the photography degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in photography has to look into Savannah College of Art and Design. SCAD is a large private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Savannah.
There were approximately 144 photography students who graduated with this degree at SCAD in the most recent data year.
Belmont University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in photography. Belmont is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. This university ranks 3rd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.More information about a degree in photography from Belmont University
Take the first step toward a career of visual expression and doing what you love with this online associate degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
It's difficult to beat Virginia Commonwealth University if you wish to pursue a degree in photography. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #189 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means VCU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 37 photography students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.
University of Central Florida is a great option for students pursuing a degree in photography. UCF is a very large public university located in the suburb of Orlando. A Best Colleges rank of #217 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.
There were approximately 21 photography students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Miami, MDC is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 18th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 7 photography students who graduated with this degree at MDC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Annandale, Northern Virginia Community College is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #205 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northern Virginia Community College is a great college overall.
There were about 8 photography students who graduated with this degree at Northern Virginia Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
JBU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Siloam Springs. This university ranks 6th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were about 5 photography students who graduated with this degree at JBU in the most recent year we have data available.
Learn to create a striking portfolio and hone the skills you need to succeed in the world of professional photography with this online digital photography degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Located in the small city of Daytona Beach, Daytona State College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 35th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 19 photography students who graduated with this degree at Daytona State College in the most recent year we have data available.
Learn to create a striking portfolio and hone the skills you need to succeed in the world of professional photography with this online digital photography degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of photography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for photography schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
