2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Illinois, there were 163 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in media arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality media arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Master’s in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree interactive multimedia students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts in Illinois

#1

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$19,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. Loyola University Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 23 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Chicago are $19,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Media Arts at Loyola Chicago

#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 41 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Northwestern 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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