Kansas contains seven schools that offer multimedia design programs. Southwestern College, the highest-ranking multimedia design school in KS, has a total student population of 1,810 and is the 553rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 7 multimedia design schools in Kansas, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institutes International–Kansas City comes out as the most expensive ($35,813/yr), with Cloud County Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,858/yr.
Multimedia Design students from Kansas schools who go on to become multimedia designers, interactive media designers, media designers, digital media designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 28,800 people working as multimedia artists and animators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,810. Also, Graphic designers make on average $47,820 per year and there are about 200,870 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Kansas alone, there are 2,060 employed graphic designers earning an average yearly salary of $40,120. Multimedia artists and animators in this state earn $34,170/yr and there are 160 employed.
Also, within the multimedia design schools in Kansas, the average student population is 2,160 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from multimedia design, there are 2989 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,167 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,054, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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