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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 719 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree interactive multimedia students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Media Arts in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 6 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Media Arts at ASU - Tempe

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 52 degrees to qualified masters’s interactive multimedia students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Skysong are $6,724.

Read more about Media Arts at ASU - Skysong

#2

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$15,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 10 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree interactive multimedia students with aid list, UNT has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Media Arts at University of North Texas

#3

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

$15,704 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #3 spot on the list. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Media Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sam Houston State University are $15,704, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Media Arts at SHSU

• 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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