2025 Best Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

If you pursue a master's degree in instructional media design, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #32 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for instructional media design students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 79 master's degrees in instructional media design during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on instructional media design students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of instructional media design students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt instructional media design 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 instructional media design related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for instructional media design students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Instructional Media Design Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Instructional Media Design in Connecticut

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in instructional media design.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Master's in Instructional Media

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

16 Annual Graduates

University of Connecticut is a good decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in instructional media design. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the town of Storrs.More information about a master’s in instructional media design from University of Connecticut

2

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT

11 Annual Graduates

Central Connecticut State University is a great decision for students pursuing a master's degree in instructional media design. CCSU is a medium-sized public university located in the suburb of New Britain.More information about a master’s in instructional media design from Central Connecticut State University

Best Instructional Media Design Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Instructional Media Design Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	122
Rhode Island	127	0
New Hampshire	108	4
Maine	90	17

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Rankings in Majors Related to Instructional Media

One of 14 majors within the Education area of study, Instructional Media Design has other similar majors worth exploring.

Instructional Media Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Educational/Instructional Technology	79

Most Popular Majors Related to Instructional Media

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific	337
General Education	294
Special Education	284
Curriculum & Instruction	177
Student Counseling	131
Teacher Education Subject Specific	97
Educational Administration	50
Teaching English or French	20
Multilingual Education	9
Educational Assessment	8

Notes and References

• 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).
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