2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects in Virginia

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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 Virginia, there were 129 animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 123 animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects.

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Most Well Attended Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects in Virginia

1

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

#5 overall quality in Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. GMU is a public institution located in Fairfax, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 96 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #2 spot on the list. Regent University is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees to qualified students.

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• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects in the Southeast Region
• Most Popular Bachelor’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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