2025 Best Media Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in media arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #73 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Media Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 87 bachelor's degrees in media arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Media Arts School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The interactive multimedia bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality interactive multimedia program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to media arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other media arts students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized media arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for media arts students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Media Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in California list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools 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.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Media Arts in California

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in media arts.

Top California Schools for a Bachelor's in Interactive Multimedia

1

University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA

35 Annual Graduates

University of the Pacific is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in media arts. Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Stockton.More information about a bachelor’s in media arts from University of the Pacific

2

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Academy of Art University is a good choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in media arts. Located in the large city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in media arts from Academy of Art University

3

California State University - Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA

17 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in media arts has to take a look at California State University - Dominguez Hills. CSUDH is a fairly large public university located in the city of Carson.More information about a bachelor’s in media arts from California State University - Dominguez Hills

Best Media Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Media Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	521	181
Oregon	343	97
Hawaii	172	11

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Media Arts Related Rankings by Major

One of 2 majors within the Radio, Television & Digital Communication area of study, Media Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Interactive Multimedia

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Radio & Television	1,116

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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