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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

7 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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 $75-$110k” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the media arts program at the school. 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 $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k 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 also took 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 $17,467 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 UNI

#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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethany Lutheran College landed the #2 spot on the list. Bethany Lutheran College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mankato, Minnesota. It awarded 4 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

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. It costs about $17,900 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Bethany Lutheran College.

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

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 $75-$110k. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school situated in Moorhead, Minnesota. It awarded 4 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $75-$110k list, MSU Moorhead has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MSU Moorhead is $19,300 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 Minnesota State University - Moorhead Media Arts Report

#4

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, Iowa
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Buena Vista University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Storm Lake, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s interactive multimedia students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BVU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend BVU is $18,120 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $75-$110k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Media Arts at Buena Vista University

#5

Evangel University

Springfield, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Evangel University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Evangel is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 20 bachelors’s interactive multimedia 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. It costs about $23,901 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Evangel.

The low student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 Evangel University Media Arts Report

#6

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

Webster University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Webster University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 4 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster also took the #5 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Webster University is $24,584 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Media Arts at Webster University

#7

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

Augsburg University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. 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 $25,370 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Augsburg University.

Full Augsburg University 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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