Oregon contains nine schools that offer multimedia design programs. University of Oregon, the highest-ranking multimedia design school in OR, has a total student population of 22,335 and is the 874th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 9 multimedia design schools in Oregon, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Portland comes out as the most expensive ($31,420/yr), with Clackamas Community College as the lowest recorded at only $3,722/yr.
Multimedia Design students from Oregon 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 Oregon alone, there are 2,770 employed graphic designers earning an average yearly salary of $44,150. Multimedia artists and animators in this state earn $58,100/yr and there are 490 employed.
Also, within the multimedia design schools in Oregon, the average student population is 2,645 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from multimedia design, there are 2428 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,810 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,147, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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