2024 Best Media Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in California

a doctor's degree in media arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #214 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for media arts students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 9 doctor's degrees in media arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on media arts students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other media arts students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized media arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for media arts students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Media Arts Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Media Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Media Arts in California

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in media arts.

Top California Schools for a Doctorate in Interactive Multimedia

1

University of California - Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in media arts needs to look into University of California - Santa Barbara. UCSB is a very large public university located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara.More information about a doctorate in media arts from University of California - Santa Barbara

2

University of California - Davis
Davis, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

University of California - Davis is a good decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in media arts. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Davis.More information about a doctorate in media arts from University of California - Davis

Best Media Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Media Arts Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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Rankings in Majors Related to Interactive Multimedia

One of 2 majors within the Radio, Television & Digital Communication area of study, Media Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• 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).
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