2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Instructional Media Design is the 113th most popular major in the country with 7,710 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, instructional media design graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,602 and had an average of $31,700 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 873 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,933 and $25,997 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in instructional media design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent instructional media design programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the instructional media design program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$6,652 Average Net Price

$28,960 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cameron University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lawton, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cameron University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cameron University is $6,652 for southwest region bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Cameron University

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$13,242 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $0-$30k list, UNM has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,242 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Instructional Media Design Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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