2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in Virginia

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 Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Arts & Media Management is the 137th most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,959 and had an average of $35,302 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 61 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,300 and $38,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in arts and media management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great arts and media management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the arts and media management 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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The media management 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 “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Virginia”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree media management students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in Virginia

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,240 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Virginia list. GMU is a large public school situated in Fairfax, Virginia. It awarded 48 masters’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at GMU

#2

Shenandoah University

Winchester, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$23,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$31,127 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shenandoah University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Virginia list. This small school is located in Winchester, Virginia, and it awarded 10 masters’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

Shenandoah also took the #2 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Shenandoah are $23,040.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at Shenandoah

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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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