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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Great Lakes Region” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 2,079 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,470 and $126,402 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in media arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their media arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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One Size Does Not Fit All
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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree interactive multimedia students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 6 doctorate’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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.
Full Northwestern Media Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Full Kent State University at Kent Media Arts Report
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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%.
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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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