2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’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. 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 Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The art & technology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region”.

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Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree art & technology students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Digital Arts in the Plains States Region

#1

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$41,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. MCAD is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.

MCAD also took the #1 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at MCAD are $41,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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