2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 719 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 52 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong also took the #1 spot in our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Skysong are $6,724, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full ASU - Skysong Media Arts Report

#2

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$15,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. University of North Texas is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 10 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618.

Full UNT Media Arts Report

#3

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 6 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #2 spot in our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048.

Read full report on Media Arts at Arizona State University - Tempe

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts

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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