Pennsylvania contains 44 schools that offer multimedia design programs. Carnegie Mellon University, the highest-ranking multimedia design school in PA, has a total student population of 11,197 and is the 44th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 44 multimedia design schools in Pennsylvania, only 11 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Drexel University comes out as the most expensive ($31,832/yr), with Westmoreland County Community College as the lowest recorded at only $2,481/yr.
Multimedia Design students from Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania alone, there are 8,120 employed graphic designers earning an average yearly salary of $42,870. Multimedia artists and animators in this state earn $50,580/yr and there are 590 employed.
Also, within the multimedia design schools in Pennsylvania, the average student population is 2,077 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from multimedia design, there are 10679 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,747 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $9,718, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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