MediaTech Institute-Houston
About
MediaTech Institute for Creative Arts (MediaTech) is a for-profit technical school specializing in media production with two locations in Texas. In 1999, the school was founded as Dallas Sound Lab’s audio engineering program. MediaTech Institute was established in 2003 when the Dallas and Austin Sound Labs acquired an additional location in Houston. MediaTech has schools in Houston and Dallas.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 169 borrowers who entered repayment, 10 (5.9%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at MediaTech Institute-Houston
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
MediaTech Institute-Houston vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions MediaTech Institute-Houston selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMediaTech Institute-Houston | 50% | — | 62 | $16,906 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts | — | 68.2% | 70 | $24,148 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
MediaTech Institute-Dallas | — | — | 217 | $18,860 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Culinary Institute Inc | — | — | 316 | $26,470 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin | — | — | 305 | $20,738 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Sessions College for Professional Design | — | 85.7% | 194 | $15,156 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
| Peer group median | 50% | 76.9% | 206 | $19,799 |
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