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

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 in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” 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 Maryland, there were 74 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The interactive multimedia school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Media Arts in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$21,183 Average Net Price

$48,471 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Baltimore landed the #1 spot on the list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s interactive multimedia degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UB, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Media Arts Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $21,183 for Maryland Interactive Multimedia students with aid per year to attend University of Baltimore.

Full University of Baltimore Media Arts Report

#2

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$36,594 Average Net Price

$45,469 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Maryland landed the #2 spot on the list. Loyola University Maryland is a medium-sized school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 16 ’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola Maryland also took the #1 spot in our “Best Media Arts Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Loyola Maryland is $36,594 for Maryland Interactive Multimedia students with aid.

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 2.3% 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 Loyola Maryland

• Best Value Colleges for Media Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• 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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