by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 10,069 people earned their degree in media arts, making the major the 93rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 759 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 246 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in media arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in media arts.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, International Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in San Jose, California, and it awarded 27 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of the Arts landed the #2 spot on the list. California Institute of the Arts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Valencia, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Media Arts at California Institute of the Arts
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in San Francisco, California, this medium-sized private for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s interactive multimedia students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s interactive multimedia degrees to 94 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Media Arts at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #5 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 40 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Southern California came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. USC is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Oregon ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. Eugene, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s interactive multimedia degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Santa Barbara, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s interactive multimedia degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
California State University - East Bay landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Hayward, California, and it awarded 2 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Media Arts at California State University - East Bay
With a ranking of #10, University of California - Davis did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. UC Davis is a large school located in Davis, California that handed out 2 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
National University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. National University is located in La Jolla, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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