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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 5,300 people earned their degree in web and multimedia design, making the major the 222nd most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 405 web and multimedia design graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 17 colleges that offer a degree in web and multimedia design. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in web and multimedia design.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s”.
Out of the 17 schools in the Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 118 masters’s multimedia design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Academy of Art University Web & Multimedia Design Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s. New York University is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 112 masters’s multimedia design degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Web & Multimedia Design at NYU
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The New School. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s. The New School is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 82 masters’s multimedia design degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full New School University Web & Multimedia Design Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s list. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 masters’s multimedia design degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Read more about Web & Multimedia Design at University of Georgia
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend School of Visual Arts. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s list. School of Visual Arts is a small private for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 16 masters’s multimedia design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Web & Multimedia Design at School of Visual Arts
Touro College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s list. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s multimedia design degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 Touro College Web & Multimedia Design Report
University of Baltimore came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s ranking. UB is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Web & Multimedia Design at University of Baltimore
New York Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #8. New York Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Old Westbury, New York that handed out 7 masters’s multimedia design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full NYIT Web & Multimedia Design Report
With a ranking of #9, Lindenwood University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s list. Lindenwood University is located in Saint Charles, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s multimedia design degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Web & Multimedia Design at Lindenwood University
Duquesne University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 masters’s multimedia design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Web & Multimedia Design at Duquesne University
Drexel University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s multimedia design students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Web & Multimedia Design at Drexel
Lynn University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #12. Lynn University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boca Raton, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees 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%.
Full Lynn University Fighting Knights Web & Multimedia Design Report
DePaul University ranked #13 on this year’s Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s list. DePaul University is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 22 masters’s multimedia design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Web & Multimedia Design at DePaul University
With a ranking of #13, University of Akron Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s multimedia design students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Web & Multimedia Design at University of Akron Main Campus
North Central College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #13. North Central is a private not-for-profit institution located in Naperville, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Web & Multimedia Design at North Central College
Illinois Institute of Technology came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s ranking. Illinois Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 0 masters’s multimedia design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Web & Multimedia Design at Illinois Institute of Technology
Sacred Heart University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Multimedia Design Major for a Master’s ranking. Fairfield, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s multimedia design degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
Read full report on Web & Multimedia Design at Sacred Heart
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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
- *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.
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