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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Media Arts is the 93rd most popular major in the country with 10,483 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across California, there were 327 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 86 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,904 and $19,503 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in California” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in media arts. That schools that top this list have a program in media arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 California”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Marymount California University landed the #1 spot on the list. MCU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. It awarded 9 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
Read more about Media Arts at MCU
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
Full Academy of Art University Media Arts Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Dominguez Hills landed the #3 spot on the list. California State University - Dominguez Hills is a fairly large school located in Carson, California that handed out 33 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees 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%.
Full CSUDH Media Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Pacific. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in California list. Stockton, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to 11 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Pacific Media Arts Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Holy Names University landed the #5 spot on the list. Holy Names University is a small school located in Oakland, California that handed out 0 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
Read full report on Media Arts at Holy Names University
Vanguard University of Southern California landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in California ranking. Vanguard is located in Costa Mesa, California and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read more about Media Arts at Vanguard
William Jessup University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in California ranking, coming in at #7. William Jessup University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rocklin, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full William Jessup University Media Arts Report
Pacific Union College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in California ranking. PUC is located in Angwin, California and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Media Arts at PUC
National University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in California list. National University is a fairly large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 0 bachelors’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full National University Media Arts Report
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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