2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 229 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in media arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent media arts programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The interactive multimedia 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 Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. KU is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 15 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

KU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Media Arts at KU

#2

Missouri Western State University

Saint Joseph, Missouri

$12,212 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Western State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Missouri Western State University is a small school located in Saint Joseph, Missouri that handed out 1 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree interactive multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k list, Missouri Western has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri Western are $12,212.

Read more about Media Arts at Missouri Western State University

#3

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s interactive multimedia students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Webster, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster are $13,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Webster Media Arts Report

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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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