2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Digital Arts is the 259th most popular major in the country with 3,022 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 556 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in digital arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great digital arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the digital arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Digital Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

The City College of New York

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$20,832 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The City College of New York. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. CCNY is a fairly large public school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 5 masters’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

CCNY also made our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CCNY are $20,832.

Read full report on Digital Arts at The City College of New York

#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Digital Arts at Carnegie Mellon

#3

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

#1 in overall quality

$41,714 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #3 spot on the list. Syracuse University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Syracuse, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Syracuse, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse University are $41,714.

Full Syracuse University Digital Arts Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Digital Arts (Income $0-$30k)

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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