2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 5,696 people earned their degree in animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects, making the major the 166th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 624 animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects. That schools that top this list have a program in animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Pratt Institute - Main
Brooklyn, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pratt Institute - Main. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 17 masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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SUNY Oswego
Oswego, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Oswego. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Oswego is a public institution located in Oswego, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects at SUNY Oswego

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Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus
Madison, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus is located in Madison, New Jersey and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects at FDU

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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