Omaha, NE (population: 449,283) has sixty-two interactive media design schools within a 500-mile radius of its city center. Northwestern University, the highest ranked school in this group with an interactive media design program, has a total student population of 19,853. It is the 11th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Illinois.
Interactive Media Design students from Omaha 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.
Omaha lies in Douglas county, which is one of the 40 counties in Nebraska. Overall, the Omaha-Council Bluffs-IA area has 452,130 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.8% unemployment rate, $19.23/hr average worker wage, and a $40,000 average annual salary.
Of the 62 interactive media design schools with a 500-mile radius of Omaha, only 16 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Denver comes out as the most expensive ($31,044/yr) for interactive media design students, with Moore Norman Technology Center as the lowest, reported at only $3,192/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Omaha |
| Papillion | NE | - | 1 | 19.7538 | 14 | 7.5 miles |
| Council Bluffs | IA | 59,918 | 3 | 15.2545 | 57 | 7.9 miles |
| Lincoln | NE | 257,612 | 13 | 28.3679 | 496 | 46.7 miles |
| Peru | NE | - | 1 | 16.7679 | 31 | 56.2 miles |
| Crete | NE | - | 1 | 28.8976 | 48 | 66.3 miles |
| Sioux City | IA | 83,250 | 6 | 24.3659 | 219 | 88.0 miles |