Ranked #93 in popularity, media arts is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 161 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of media arts. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 10,483 degrees in media arts during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The interactive multimedia program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Media Arts rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for media arts 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 Media Arts Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of interactive multimedia degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Northwestern University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in media arts. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 626 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
New York University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in media arts. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 565 media arts students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a great option for students pursuing a degree in media arts. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #24 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were approximately 41 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent data year.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in media arts. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were approximately 94 media arts students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were about 50 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent year we have data available.
Miami University - Oxford is a large public university located in the town of Oxford. This university ranks 3rd out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 114 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent data year.
Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 49 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year.
USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 56 media arts students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 31 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were about 85 media arts students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 164 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 247 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 15 media arts students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize suburb of Elon, Elon is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 5th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 68 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Elon in the most recent data year.
CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Boulder. This university ranks 2nd out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 59 media arts students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent data year.
UC Berkeley is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were approximately 53 media arts students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 231 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCSB is a great university overall.
There were approximately 9 media arts students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent data year.
Texas Tech is a very large public university located in the large city of Lubbock. This university ranks 9th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 52 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 201 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Towson in the most recent year we have data available.
UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were about 16 media arts students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent year we have data available.
ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe. This university ranks 2nd out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 85 media arts students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
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).
The interactive multimedia program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Media Arts rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for media arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
