Media Arts at Northwestern University

If you are interested in studying media arts, you may want to check out the program at Northwestern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Media Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Northwestern Media Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Interactive Multimedia
• Master’s Degree in Interactive Multimedia

Online Classes Are Available at Northwestern

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Northwestern does offer online courses in interactive multimedia for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Northwestern Media Arts Rankings

The interactive multimedia major at Northwestern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Media Arts. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in interactive multimedia, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Interactive Multimedia Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the interactive multimedia majors at Northwestern University.

Northwestern Media Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of interactive multimedia bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in interactive multimedia at Northwestern are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its interactive multimedia bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's in interactive multimedia.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	90
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Northwestern Media Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of interactive multimedia master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a master's in interactive multimedia.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	159
International Students	129
Other Races/Ethnicities	50

Related Majors

• Radio & Television

Careers That Interactive Multimedia Grads May Go Into

A degree in interactive multimedia can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Media and Communication Workers	110	$59,170

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.