2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 5,362 people earned their degree in animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects, making the major the 166th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,280 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 107 animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects in the Southeast Region

1

Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, Georgia

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #1 spot on the list. Savannah College of Art and Design is a fairly large school located in Savannah, Georgia that handed out 99 masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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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2

Lynn University
Boca Raton, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lynn University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region list. Boca Raton, Florida 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 3 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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3

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

#7 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees to 4 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 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Virginia Tech Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Report

4

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

Top 10% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 1 masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects at GMU

• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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