2022 Best Value Colleges for Media Arts in Washington (With Aid)

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

Across Washington, there were 261 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in media arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great media arts programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Media Arts in Washington (With Aid)

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$13,297 Average Net Price

$56,034 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 73 ’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Media Arts Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $13,297 for Washington Interactive Multimedia students with aid per year to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$16,358 Average Net Price

$49,622 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school handed out 147 diplomas to qualified ’s interactive multimedia students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wazzu, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Media Arts Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $16,358 for Washington Interactive Multimedia students with aid per year to attend Wazzu.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 more about Media Arts at Wazzu

#3

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$34,802 Average Net Price

$46,297 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 41 ’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

Seattle U also made our “Best Media Arts Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $34,802 for Washington Interactive Multimedia students with aid per year to attend Seattle U.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.

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• Best Value Colleges for Media Arts (With Aid)

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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