2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Digital Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Digital Arts is the 259th most popular major in the country with 3,022 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 556 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the digital arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Digital Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

The City College of New York

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$20,832 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The City College of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s art and technology students in 2019-2020.

CCNY also made our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at CCNY are $20,832, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full CCNY Digital Arts Report

#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Carnegie Mellon University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Carnegie Mellon University Digital Arts Report

#3

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

#1 in overall quality

$41,714 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Syracuse, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s art and technology students in 2019-2020.

Syracuse not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse are $41,714.

Full Syracuse Digital Arts Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Digital Arts (With Aid)

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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