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2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$16,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Media Arts is the 116th most popular major in the country with 9,028 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 229 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 105 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in media arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality media arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the media arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school awarded 36 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s interactive multimedia students in 2019-2020.

UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,495 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Northern Iowa.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Media Arts at University of Northern Iowa

#2

Bethany Lutheran College

Mankato, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethany Lutheran College landed the #2 spot on the list. BLC is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BLC, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend BLC is $12,888 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Media Arts at BLC

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Moorhead, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead also made our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead is $12,279 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full MSU Moorhead Media Arts Report

#4

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, Iowa
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Buena Vista University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This small school is located in Storm Lake, Iowa, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

BVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,773 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend BVU.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Media Arts at Buena Vista University

#5

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Augsburg University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Augsburg is a small school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 4 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

Augsburg not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $21,545 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Augsburg University.

Read full report on Media Arts at Augsburg University

#6

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Webster University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Webster University is $20,081 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Media Arts at Webster University

#7

Evangel University

Springfield, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

Evangel University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. Evangel is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Evangel, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Evangel University is $20,232 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Evangel Media Arts Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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