2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Interactive Multimedia for a Bachelor’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Interactive Multimedia for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Media Arts is the 93rd most popular major in the country with 10,069 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Iowa, there were 75 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,980 and $30,839 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Interactive Multimedia for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in media arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great media arts programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the media arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Interactive Multimedia for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Interactive Multimedia for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Iowa

1

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

251 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Interactive Multimedia for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school awarded 29 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interactive multimedia students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our iowa bachelor’s degree vets studying interactive multimedia list, UNI has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking.Of the 9,507 students enrolled at UNI, 251 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 99 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,033. During this same period, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UNI Veteran Student Life Report

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Buena Vista University
Storm Lake, Iowa

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$10,992 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Interactive Multimedia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Buena Vista University landed the #2 spot on the list. BVU is located in Storm Lake, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.

BVU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking.Of the 1,863 students enrolled at BVU, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,992. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at BVU]](/colleges/buena-vista-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
• Best Media Arts Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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