2023 Best Value Colleges for Media Arts in Maine (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Media Arts is the 93rd most popular major in the country with 10,069 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Maine, there were 95 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid

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

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

1

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$10,703 Average Net Price

$35,919 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid. SMCC is a medium-sized public school situated in South Portland, Maine. It awarded 44 ’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.

SMCC also made our “Best Media Arts Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Southern Maine Community College is $10,703 for Maine Interactive Multimedia students with aid.

Read more about Media Arts at Southern Maine Community College

2

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$16,033 Average Net Price

$40,242 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified ’s interactive multimedia students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our maine interactive multimedia students with aid list, UMaine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Media Arts Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $16,033 for Maine Interactive Multimedia students with aid.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Media Arts at UMaine

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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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