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2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
111 Degrees Awarded
$15,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 3,022 people earned their degree in digital arts, making the major the 259th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 150 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 111 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in digital arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent digital arts 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 digital arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Digital Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 55 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also took the #1 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mizzou is $10,940 for plains states region bachelor’s degree art & technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Digital Arts at University of Missouri - Columbia

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school situated in Moorhead, Minnesota. It awarded 11 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead also made our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Minnesota State University - Moorhead is $12,484 for plains states region bachelor’s degree art & technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

Read full report on Digital Arts at MSU Moorhead

#3

Hamline University

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hamline University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Hamline University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 15 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hamline, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Hamline is $17,038 for plains states region bachelor’s degree art & technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Digital Arts at Hamline

#4

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. WSU is a fairly large public school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 17 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Wichita State University is $11,642 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Art & Technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full WSU Digital Arts Report

#5

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maryville University of Saint Louis. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s art and technology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree art & technology students whose families make $0-$30k list, Maryville U has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Maryville University of Saint Louis is $23,479 for plains states region bachelor’s degree art & technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

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%.

Read full report on Digital Arts at Maryville University of Saint Louis

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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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