2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts in Illinois (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

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.

This year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 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 Illinois For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts in Illinois (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s interactive multimedia degrees to 41 students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Media Arts at Northwestern University

#2

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$19,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 23 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Chicago are $19,154.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts (With Aid)

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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