2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Digital Arts (With Aid)
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Digital Arts is the 259th most popular major in the country with 3,022 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 210 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in digital arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent digital arts programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.
Top 11 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Digital Arts (With Aid)
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Orlando, Florida, and it awarded 73 masters’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree art & technology students with aid list, UCF has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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 #2 for the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. The City College of New York is a fairly large school located in New York, New York that handed out 5 masters’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.
CCNY also made our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The City College of New York are $20,832.
Read full report on Digital Arts at The City College of New York
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 3 masters’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.
UF also made our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Harvard is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 51 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Harvard also took the #1 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #5 spot on the list. UT Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Dallas also took the #8 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Missouri State University - Springfield came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 2 masters’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.
Missouri State also made our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State are $12,042.
Minneapolis College of Art and Design landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s art and technology degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.
MCAD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MCAD are $41,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Read more about Digital Arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Carnegie Mellon University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 masters’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.
Carnegie Mellon not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Southern California landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. USC is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 15 masters’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.
USC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Academy of Art University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. This medium-sized school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 37 masters’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.
Academy of Art University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Syracuse University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.
Syracuse also took the #7 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse are $41,714, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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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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