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Ranked Colleges
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 10,069 people earned their degree in media arts, making the major the 93rd most popular in the United States.
Across Connecticut, there were 211 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k.
Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s interactive multimedia degrees to 100 students in 2020-2021.
UCONN also took the #1 spot in our “Best Media Arts Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UCONN is $14,069 for connecticut interactive multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Media Arts at UCONN
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Connecticut State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k list. Eastern Connecticut State University is a small public school situated in Willimantic, Connecticut. It awarded 22 ’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.
ECSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Media Arts Schools in Connecticut” list. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Connecticut State University is $15,687 for connecticut interactive multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k.
Read more about Media Arts at Eastern Connecticut State University
Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Connecticut State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Danbury, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s interactive multimedia degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
WestConn also took the #4 spot in our “Best Media Arts Schools in Connecticut” ranking. It costs about $17,358 for connecticut interactive multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend WestConn.
Read full report on Media Arts at Western Connecticut State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Hartford is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 24 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UHart did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Media Arts Schools in Connecticut” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Hartford is $25,060 for Connecticut Interactive Multimedia students whose families make $0-$30k.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Media Arts at UHart
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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
- *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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