2023 Most Well Attended Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects is the 166th most popular major in the country with 5,362 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s

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

Top 4 Most Popular 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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects at Savannah College of Art and Design

2

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 #2 for the Most Well Attended Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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

3

Lynn University
Boca Raton, Florida

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lynn University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Boca Raton, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects 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%.

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

4

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

Top 10% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #4 spot on the list. George Mason University is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 1 masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects 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.

Read full report on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects at GMU

• Most Popular 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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