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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Media Arts (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
316 Degrees Awarded
$14,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

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 an Associate For Those Getting Aid” 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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 316 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in media arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great media arts programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree interactive multimedia students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Media Arts (With Aid)

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Southern Maine Community College is a public institution located in South Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 35 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Media Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Maine Community College is $10,647 for associate degree interactive multimedia students with aid.

Read full report on Media Arts at Southern Maine Community College

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinclair Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Dayton, Ohio, and it awarded 3 associates’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

Sinclair Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Media Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $4,208 for associate degree interactive multimedia students with aid per year to attend Sinclair Community College.

Read more about Media Arts at Sinclair Community College

#3

Tulsa Community College

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulsa Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Tulsa Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It awarded 14 associates’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulsa Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Media Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,078 for associate degree interactive multimedia students with aid per year to attend Tulsa Community College.

Read more about Media Arts at Tulsa Community College

#4

Bob Jones University

Greenville, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bob Jones University landed the #4 spot on the list. Bob Jones University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Greenville, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bob Jones University also made our “Best Media Arts Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Bob Jones University is $12,923 for Associate Degree Interactive Multimedia students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Media Arts at Bob Jones University

#5

Baker College

Owosso, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baker College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Owosso, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s interactive multimedia degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Baker College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Media Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,049 for associate degree interactive multimedia students with aid per year to attend Baker College.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Baker College Media Arts Report

#6

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s interactive multimedia students in 2019-2020.

Tulane also made our “Best Media Arts Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $37,841 for Associate Degree Interactive Multimedia students with aid per year to attend Tulane University of Louisiana.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Tulane Media Arts Report

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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