2022 Best Value Colleges for Media Arts in Minnesota (With 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 in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Media Arts is the 116th most popular major in the country with 9,028 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Minnesota, there were 26 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Minnesota For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Media Arts in Minnesota (With Aid)

#1

Minnesota State University - Moorhead

Moorhead, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$16,893 Average Net Price

$37,157 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Moorhead, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified ’s interactive multimedia students in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Media Arts Schools in Minnesota” list. It costs about $16,893 for Minnesota Interactive Multimedia students with aid per year to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Media Arts at MSU Moorhead

#2

Bethany Lutheran College

Mankato, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$16,368 Average Net Price

$32,500 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethany Lutheran College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified ’s interactive multimedia students in 2019-2020.

BLC also made our “Best Media Arts Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for BLC is $16,368 for minnesota interactive multimedia students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Bethany Lutheran College Media Arts Report

#3

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$24,653 Average Net Price

$48,573 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augsburg University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Interactive Multimedia Schools in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s interactive multimedia degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Augsburg, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Media Arts Schools in Minnesota” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Augsburg is $24,653 for Minnesota Interactive Multimedia students with aid.

Read more about Media Arts at Augsburg

• Best Value Colleges for Media Arts in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value 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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