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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,028 people earned their degree in media arts, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 119 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts (Income $0-$30k) in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #1 spot in our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,248, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Media Arts Report

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Media Arts at NC State

#3

Elon University

Elon, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$18,432 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Elon University landed the #3 spot on the list. Elon, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s interactive multimedia degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

Elon did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Elon are $18,432.

Full Elon Media Arts Report

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