2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Illinois, there were 163 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the media arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. 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

#2

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$19,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 23 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola Chicago also took the #2 spot in our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Chicago are $19,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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