by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Media Arts is the 93rd most popular major in the country with 10,483 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 798 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 391 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,948 and $20,385 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 16 colleges that offered 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Marymount California University landed the #1 spot on the list. MCU is located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to 20 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region. This large school is located in Pullman, Washington, and it awarded 135 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. Seattle U is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hawaii Pacific University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Warner Pacific University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Warner Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 6 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
California State University - Dominguez Hills came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in Carson, California, this fairly large public school awarded 33 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interactive multimedia students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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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University of the Pacific ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of the Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Stockton, California. It awarded 11 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
Oregon State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Oregon State is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 68 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Holy Names University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. HNU is a small school located in Oakland, California that handed out 0 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Central Washington University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Ellensburg, Washington, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Vanguard University of Southern California ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. This small school is located in Costa Mesa, California, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #13, Pacific University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. Pacific University is a small school located in Forest Grove, Oregon that handed out 0 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
William Jessup University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. William Jessup University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rocklin, California. It awarded 10 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
National University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Pacific Union College ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. PUC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Angwin, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s 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%.
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