2025 Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
2Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
73Associate Degrees
an associate degree in commercial photography is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #214 out of 1020 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for commercial photography students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 73 associate degrees in commercial photography during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on commercial photography students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of commercial photography students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized commercial photography related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for commercial photography students working on their associate degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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.