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2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts in Illinois

8 Ranked Colleges
253 Degrees Awarded
$32,300 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Interactive Multimedia Major in Illinois for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Interactive Multimedia Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 10,069 people earned their degree in media arts, making the major the 93rd most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 609 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 253 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Interactive Multimedia Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in media arts. To top this list, a school must have a successful media arts program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Interactive Multimedia Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s

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

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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Interactive Multimedia Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s. Northwestern University is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 187 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Northwestern Media Arts Report

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Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Interactive Multimedia Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. Loyola University Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 30 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Read more about Media Arts at Loyola University Chicago

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Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Interactive Multimedia Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Chicago landed the #3 spot on the list. Columbia College Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 13 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Media Arts at Columbia

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Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois

Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Interactive Multimedia Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #4 spot on the list. EIU is a medium-sized school located in Charleston, Illinois that handed out 11 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Media Arts at Eastern Illinois University

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North Central College
Naperville, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Central College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Interactive Multimedia Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s. North Central is a small school located in Naperville, Illinois that handed out 8 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Media Arts at North Central

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Lewis University
Romeoville, Illinois

Lewis University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Interactive Multimedia Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Lewis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Romeoville, Illinois. It awarded 3 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

Read more about Media Arts at Lewis University

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Saint Xavier University
Chicago, Illinois

Saint Xavier University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Interactive Multimedia Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s ranking. SXU is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 1 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.

Full SXU Media Arts Report

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Millikin University
Decatur, Illinois

Millikin University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Interactive Multimedia Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s ranking. Decatur, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Media Arts at Millikin

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