by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 311 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, International Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full International Technological University Media Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Institute of the Arts. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region. California Institute of the Arts is a small school located in Valencia, California that handed out 6 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 12 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 94 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Media Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 53 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Read more about Media Arts at University of California - Berkeley
University of Southern California ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Southern California is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 56 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, 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%.
Read full report on Media Arts at University of Southern California
University of Oregon did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Eugene, Oregon, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s interactive multimedia students 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 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. University of California - Santa Barbara is a public institution located in Santa Barbara, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Read full report on Media Arts at University of California - Santa Barbara
California State University - East Bay ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. California State University - East Bay is a fairly large public school situated in Hayward, California. It awarded 5 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Media Arts at California State University - East Bay
University of California - Davis ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s interactive multimedia degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Media Arts at University of California - Davis
With a ranking of #11, National University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interactive Multimedia Major in the Far Western US Region list. This fairly large school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 0 masters’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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