by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 10,483 people earned their degree in media arts, making the major the 93rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,689 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 73 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,642 and $15,171 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in media arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in media arts.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tompkins Cortland Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Dryden, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s interactive multimedia degrees to 12 students in 2021-2022.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sullivan County Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. SUNY Sullivan is located in Loch Sheldrake, New York and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 associates’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Orange County Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Middletown, New York, this small public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified associates’s interactive multimedia students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Finger Lakes Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Canandaigua, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s interactive multimedia students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Butler County Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Butler, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s interactive multimedia degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Delaware Technical Community College - Terry ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Dover, Delaware, and it awarded 7 associates’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
College of Southern Maryland came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in La Plata, Maryland, this small public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s interactive multimedia students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Atlantic Cape Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #8. Atlantic Cape Community College is located in Mays Landing, New Jersey and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 associates’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Hudson Valley Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Troy, New York, and it awarded 4 associates’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Wilmington University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Wilmington University is located in New Castle, Delaware and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 associates’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Eastern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Eastern University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania that handed out 6 associates’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Harcum College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s interactive multimedia degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Digital Film Academy did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Digital Film Center is a small private for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 4 associates’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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