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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Far Western US Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Far Western US Region

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Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation is the 483rd most popular major in the country with 854 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 368 modeling, virtual environments and simulation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 131 modeling, virtual environments and simulation graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in modeling, virtual environments and simulation. That schools that top this list have a program in modeling, virtual environments and simulation in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation in the Far Western US Region

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Academy of Art University
San Francisco, California

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 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Far Western US Region. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s modeling, virtual environments and simulation degrees to 63 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.

Full Academy of Art University Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation Report

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California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of the Arts. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Far Western US Region list. California Institute of the Arts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Valencia, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full CalArts Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation Report

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #3 spot on the list. Santa Cruz, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s modeling, virtual environments and simulation degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UC Santa Cruz Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation Report

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Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naval Postgraduate School. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Monterey, California, this small public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s modeling, virtual environments and simulation students in 2020-2021.

Full Naval Postgraduate School Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation Report

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Major in the Far Western US Region. USC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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