2025 Best Media Arts Schools in the Southwest Region
9Colleges in the Southwest Region
1,124Interactive Multimedia Degrees Awarded
Ranked #93 in popularity, media arts is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Media Arts Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,124 degrees in media arts to qualified students.
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Your choice of media arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for media arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Media Arts in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of interactive multimedia degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Interactive Multimedia
Texas Tech University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in media arts. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #161 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were about 52 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year.
Arizona State University - Tempe is a great choice for students interested in a degree in media arts. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were roughly 85 media arts students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
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Texas A&M University - College Station is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in media arts. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the city of College Station. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were about 99 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Texas State University if you wish to pursue a degree in media arts. Texas State is a very large public university located in the city of San Marcos. This university ranks 16th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 95 media arts students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent data year.
ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public university located in the city of Scottsdale. This university ranks 8th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were about 504 media arts students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent data year.
UNT is a very large public university located in the city of Denton. A Best Colleges rank of #310 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNT is a great university overall.
There were approximately 19 media arts students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Austin, St. Edward's University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 52nd out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 17 media arts students who graduated with this degree at St. Edward's University in the most recent year we have data available.
UTEP is a fairly large public university located in the city of El Paso. This university ranks 49th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 68 media arts students who graduated with this degree at UTEP in the most recent data year.
West Texas A&M University is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Canyon. This university ranks 77th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 17 media arts students who graduated with this degree at West Texas A&M University in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of media arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for media arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
