2022 Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects is the 177th most popular major in the country with 5,238 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects program at the school. 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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid. George Mason University 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 also made our “Best Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. 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 George Mason University

#2

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$38,975 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Savannah College of Art and Design 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SCAD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Savannah College of Art and Design are $38,975, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects at Savannah College of Art and Design

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects (With Aid)

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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