2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects in California

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 California, there were 1,169 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 133 animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california 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 California

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$27,688 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in California. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees to 99 students in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$53,795 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California College of the Arts. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in California. California College of the Arts is a small school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 11 masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at California College of the Arts, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. 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.

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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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