2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Media Arts
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 an Associate” 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.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 316 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in media arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent media arts programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree interactive multimedia students.
Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Media Arts
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Maine Community College is a medium-sized school located in South Portland, Maine that handed out 35 associates’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.
SMCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Media Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Maine Community College is $10,647 for associate degree interactive multimedia students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinclair Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate list. This fairly large school is located in Dayton, Ohio, and it awarded 3 associates’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree interactive multimedia students list, Sinclair Community College has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Media Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for associate degree interactive multimedia students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bob Jones University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate list. Greenville, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s interactive multimedia degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
Bob Jones University also made our “Best Media Arts Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $12,923 for Associate Degree Interactive Multimedia students per year to attend Bob Jones University.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Baker College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Owosso, Michigan, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s interactive multimedia students in 2019-2020.
Baker College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Media Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Baker College is $15,049 for Associate Degree Interactive Multimedia students.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulsa Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate list. Tulsa, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s interactive multimedia degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulsa Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Media Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tulsa Community College is $6,078 for associate degree interactive multimedia students.
Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate ranking. This fairly large school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 2 associates’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.
Tulane not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Media Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tulane University of Louisiana is $37,841 for Associate Degree Interactive Multimedia students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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%.
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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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