2025 Best Media Arts Schools in North Carolina

If you pursue a degree in media arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #93 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of media arts. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 125 degrees in media arts annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Media Arts Schools List

Pick Your Media Arts Degree Level

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 the Best Media Arts Schools in North Carolina. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Media Arts in North Carolina

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the interactive multimedia degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top North Carolina Schools in Interactive Multimedia

1

Elon University
Elon, NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

68 Interactive Multimedia Degrees Awarded

11.8% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in media arts has to look into Elon University. Elon is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize suburb of Elon.More information about a degree in media arts from Elon University

2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

18.8% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you wish to pursue a degree in media arts. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in media arts from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Best Media Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	576
Georgia	690	837
Virginia	630	203
Tennessee	624	45
South Carolina	530	97
Kentucky	518	15
Mississippi	501	368
Alabama	500	0
Louisiana	489	19
Arkansas	466	58
West Virginia	410	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Interactive Multimedia

Media Arts is one of 2 different types of Radio, Television & Digital Communication programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Radio & Television	136
Other Radio, Television, & Digital Communication	14

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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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