2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Media Arts is the 116th most popular major in the country with 9,028 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,687 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in media arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality media arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the media 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 Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Media Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567.

Read more about Media Arts at Northwestern University

#2

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #2 spot on the list. Kent State University at Kent is a large school located in Kent, Ohio that handed out 3 doctorate’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kent State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Media Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State are $21,952, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Media Arts at Kent State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts (Income $0-$30k)

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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