If you pursue a degree in educational/instructional technology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #109 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 92 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Educational/Instructional Technology Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 9,224 degrees in educational/instructional technology annually.
Choosing a Great Educational/Instructional Technology School
The educational/instructional technology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Educational/Instructional Technology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for educational/instructional technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Educational/Instructional Technology Degree Level
The educational/instructional technology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Educational/Instructional Technology Schools.
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Best Schools for Educational/Instructional Technology in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the educational/instructional technology degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
18 Top Schools in Educational/Instructional Technology
It's difficult to beat New York University if you wish to pursue a degree in educational/instructional technology. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were about 41 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in educational/instructional technology needs to take a look at University of Connecticut. UCONN is a very large public university located in the fringe town of Storrs. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were about 8 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year.
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It's hard to beat University of Georgia if you wish to pursue a degree in educational/instructional technology. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 72 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Syracuse University if you wish to pursue a degree in educational/instructional technology. Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.
There were about 30 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were roughly 45 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #66 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WGU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 1962 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at WGU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #125 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Concordia University, Chicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 37 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at Concordia University, Chicago in the most recent data year.
Duquesne is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. This university ranks 12th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 7 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at Duquesne in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 41 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 40 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available.
KSU Georgia is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Kennesaw. This university ranks 20th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 193 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at KSU Georgia in the most recent year we have data available.
Towson is a fairly large public university located in the city of Towson. This university ranks 5th out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 109 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at Towson in the most recent data year.
USU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Logan. This university ranks 6th out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 53 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were roughly 16 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available.
UNCW is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Wilmington. This university ranks 12th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 31 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at UNCW in the most recent year we have data available.
Florida State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Tallahassee. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were about 37 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent year we have data available.
Michigan State is a very large public university located in the city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 77 educational/instructional technology students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
Rest of the Top Best Educational/Instructional Technology Schools
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Educational/Instructional Technology Schools award.
Rankings in Majors Related to Educational/Instructional Technology
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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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The educational/instructional technology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Educational/Instructional Technology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for educational/instructional technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
