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2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,028 people earned their degree in media arts, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States.

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 $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in media arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality media arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the media arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 36 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNI, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNI is $15,729 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Media Arts at University of Northern Iowa

#2

Bethany Lutheran College

Mankato, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethany Lutheran College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k 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.

BLC also made our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $15,373 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend BLC.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Media Arts at Bethany Lutheran College

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This medium-sized school is located in Moorhead, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,002 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full MSU Moorhead Media Arts Report

#4

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, Iowa
#7 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Buena Vista University landed the #4 spot on the list. Buena Vista University is a small school located in Storm Lake, Iowa that handed out 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 $15,292 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Buena Vista University.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Media Arts at BVU

#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 $48-$75k. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s interactive multimedia students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $48-$75k list, Augsburg has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Augsburg University is $23,301 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Media Arts at Augsburg University

#6

Evangel University

Springfield, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

Evangel University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Evangel is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.

Evangel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Evangel University is $23,018 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $48-$75k.

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 University Media Arts Report

#7

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

Webster University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #7. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Webster also made our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Webster University is $21,689 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $48-$75k.

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%.

Full Webster 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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