Media Arts at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

If you plan to study media arts, take a look at what Massachusetts Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 students attend the school each year.

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.

MIT Media Arts Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Interactive Multimedia

MIT Media Arts Rankings

There were 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in interactive multimedia, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Interactive Multimedia Student Demographics at MIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the interactive multimedia majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT Media Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of interactive multimedia master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in interactive multimedia each year. MIT does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Related Majors

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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Communications Professors	530	$79,930
Media and Communication Workers	170	$52,520

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 InSapphoWeTrust under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.