California contains seventeen schools that offer interactive media design programs. University of Southern California, the highest-ranking interactive media design school in CA, has a total student population of 34,824 and is the 10th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 17 interactive media design schools in California, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Platt College-San Diego comes out as the most expensive ($34,413/yr), with California State University-Dominguez Hills as the lowest recorded at only $2,451/yr.
Interactive Media Design students from California schools who go on to become interactive media designers, media designers, multimedia designers, digital media designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. Also, Graphic designers make on average $47,820 per year and there are about 200,870 of them employed in the US today.
Also, within the interactive media design schools in California, the average student population is 4,206 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from interactive media design, there are 18354 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,230 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $1,817, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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