2022 Best Value Intermedia/Multimedia Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Intermedia/Multimedia Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 843 people earned their degree in intermedia/multimedia, making the major the 442nd most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 16 intermedia/multimedia graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Intermedia/Multimedia Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in intermedia/multimedia. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent intermedia/multimedia programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the intermedia/multimedia program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Intermedia/Multimedia Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Intermedia/Multimedia Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Intermedia/Multimedia Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Intermedia/Multimedia in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$15,880 Average Net Price

$49,122 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Intermedia/Multimedia Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 12 ’s intermedia/multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Intermedia/Multimedia Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UIUC is $15,880 for illinois intermedia/multimedia students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Intermedia/Multimedia at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#2

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$31,099 Average Net Price

$26,610 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Intermedia/Multimedia Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Columbia College Chicago is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 4 ’s intermedia/multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Intermedia/Multimedia Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $31,099 for Illinois Intermedia/Multimedia students with aid per year to attend Columbia.

Read more about Intermedia/Multimedia at Columbia

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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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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