2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania 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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 7,710 people earned their degree in instructional media design, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 403 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,533 and $27,260 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in instructional media design. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great instructional media design programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the instructional media design program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The instructional media 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 “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania doctor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$27,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k. Lehigh University is a medium-sized school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 doctorate’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Lehigh not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Lehigh

#2

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duquesne University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Duquesne not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duquesne University are $24,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Duquesne

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’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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