2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects in the Far Western US Region

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 Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,238 people earned their degree in animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects, making the major the 177th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,406 animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 139 animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects in the Far Western US Region

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$27,688 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 99 masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects at Academy of Art University

#2

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$53,795 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California College of the Arts landed the #2 spot on the list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

California College of the Arts also made our “Best Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at California College of the Arts are $53,795.

Read more about Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects at California College of the Arts

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects

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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