2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts in the Great Lakes Region

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 a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 1,687 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree interactive multimedia students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also made our “Best Media Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Media Arts at Northwestern University

#1

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #1 spot on the list. Kent State is a large public school situated in Kent, Ohio. It awarded 3 doctorate’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree interactive multimedia students list, Kent State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Media Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State University at Kent are $21,952.

Full Kent State University at Kent 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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