Value Colleges Releases Top 50 Best Value Interaction Design/UX/HCI Graduate Degrees for 2018

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Value Colleges (www.valuecolleges.com), an independent online guide to the best values in undergraduate and graduate education, is pleased to share their Top 50 Best Value Interaction Design/UX/HCI Graduate Degrees for 2018. http://www.valuecolleges.com/rankings/best-interaction-design-programs/

In the age of smartphones and other high-tech products, interaction design has become one of the most crucial unsung occupations. Most consumers would not be able to explain it, but the people who design our interfaces, physical products, and digital and analog tools shape our lives daily. Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience (UX) Design, and Interaction Design are new frontiers for higher education, as well, with new degree programs being developed every year for the next class of interaction professionals. For the information of new college students, career-changing professionals, and others, Value Colleges has put together their ranking of the Top 50 Best Value Interaction Design/UX/HCI Graduate Degrees for 2018. The focus of Value College is on the programs that show the strongest job market presence, the highest level of educational quality, and the most reliable return on investment (ROI) for their graduates.

Value Colleges uses three data points to determine ranking:

• Reputation (U.S. News ranking)
• Cost (IPEDS public data)
• ROI (College Scorecard salary potential)

Without further ado, the top three Best Values for 2018 are: 1) University of California in Berkeley, California; 2) Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia; and 3) Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Value Colleges congratulates the top three, as well as all the top fifty!

The full list, in alphabetical order, is as follows:

Arizona State University - Phoenix and Mesa, AZ
Bentley University - Waltham, MA
Brandeis University - Waltham, MA
California State University, East Bay - Hayward, CA
Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA
Clemson University - Clemson, SC
Cornell University - Ithaca, NY
DePaul University - Chicago, IL
Elon University - Elon, NC
George Washington University - Washington, DC
Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA
Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago, IL
Indiana University Bloomington - Bloomington, IN
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis - Indianapolis, IN
Iowa State University - Ames, IA
Kent State University - Kent, OH
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, LA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA
Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI
New York University - New York, NY
Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
Pennsylvania State University - State College, PA
Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia, PA
Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN
Quinnipiac University - Hamden, CT
Rochester Institute of Technology - Henrietta, NY
Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ
San Jose State University - San Jose, CA
Stanford University - Stanford, CA
SUNY Oswego - Oswego, NY
Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY
Tufts University - Medford, MA
University of Baltimore - Baltimore, MD
University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley, CA
University of California, Irvine - Irvine CA
University of Colorado Boulder - Boulder, CO
University of Delaware - Newark, DE
University of Kansas Edwards Campus - Overland Park, KS
University of Maryland, College Park - College Park, MD
University of Maryland-Baltimore County - Baltimore, MD
University of Miami - Coral Gables, FL
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI
University of North Texas - Frisco, TX
University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA
University of Texas at Austin - Austin, TX
University of Washington - Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Milwaukee, WI
Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond, VA
Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, VA

Carrie Sealey-Morris
Lead Editor, Value Colleges
[email protected]
512.710.9901

SOURCE Value Colleges