Arts & Media Management is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #106 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Arts & Media Management Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 114 master's degrees in arts & media management to qualified students.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to arts & media management students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other arts & media management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt arts & media management students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized arts & media management related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for arts & media management students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Arts & Media Management Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Carnegie Mellon University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in arts & media management. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Master's students who receive their degree from the media management program make around $47,740 for their early career.
Drexel University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in arts & media management. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the media management program state that they receive average early career earnings of $45,512.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
