In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 179 associate degrees in animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Choosing a Great Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects School for Your Associate Degree
The animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Schools
The animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects 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 Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects in the Middle Atlantic Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for an Associate in Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Related Rankings by Major
One of 8 majors within the Graphic Communications area of study, Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).