2022 Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,238 people earned their degree in animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects, making the major the 177th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,142 animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 122 animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. GMU is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 1 masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects at GMU

#2

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$38,975 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. SCAD is a private not-for-profit institution located in Savannah, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 109 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD also made our “Best Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Savannah College of Art and Design are $38,975, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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