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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Interactive Multimedia for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Media Arts is the 93rd most popular major in the country with 10,069 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Interactive Multimedia for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in media arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent media arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the media arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Interactive Multimedia for a Doctorate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Interactive Multimedia for a Doctorate. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s interactive multimedia degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
NYU also made our “Best Media Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 52,775 students enrolled at NYU were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,388. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interactive Multimedia for a Doctorate list. Georgia Tech is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 4 doctorate’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgia Tech also made our “Best Media Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2.Among the 39,771 students enrolled at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus, 430 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 240 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,376. During this same period, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus]](/colleges/georgia-institute-of-technology-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Interactive Multimedia for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #3 spot on the list. Boston University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 2 doctorate’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.
Boston U also made our “Best Media Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4.Among the 32,718 students enrolled at Boston U, 15 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,162. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Boston U]](/colleges/boston-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Barbara. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interactive Multimedia for a Doctorate list. University of California - Santa Barbara is a large public school situated in Santa Barbara, California. It awarded 5 doctorate’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.
UCSB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Media Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, UCSB supports 26,179 students, and 286 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 128 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,510. During this same period, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UCSB offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interactive Multimedia for a Doctorate list. University of California - Davis is a public institution located in Davis, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UC Davis not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Media Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 39,074 students enrolled at University of California - Davis, 31 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,489. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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With a ranking of #6, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interactive Multimedia for a Doctorate list. Located in Kent, Ohio, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s interactive multimedia students in 2020-2021.
Kent State also made our “Best Media Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7.According to our most recent data, Kent State supports 26,822 students, and 778 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 374 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,199. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Kent State offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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With a ranking of #7, Northwestern University did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interactive Multimedia for a Doctorate list. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 11 doctorate’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Media Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 22,603 students enrolled at Northwestern University, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $399. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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