2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region
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 “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Digital Arts is the 259th most popular major in the country with 3,022 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
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” 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
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.
Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Digital Arts in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Minnesota State University - Moorhead is located in Moorhead, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.
MSU Moorhead also took the #3 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MSU Moorhead is $16,893 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Art & Technology students.
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%.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s art and technology degrees to 55 students 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 University of Missouri - Columbia is $16,001 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Art & Technology students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Wichita, Kansas, this fairly large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s art and technology students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree art & technology students list, WSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Wichita State University is $14,382 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Art & Technology students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #4 spot on the list. Maryville University of Saint Louis is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.
Maryville U also took the #4 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $29,064 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Art & Technology students per year to attend Maryville U.
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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hamline University landed the #5 spot on the list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s art and technology degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.
Hamline also took the #2 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Hamline University is $20,866 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Art & Technology students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
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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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