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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $30-$48k)

8 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$14,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 83 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $30-$48k)

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #1 spot on the list. Dearborn, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s instructional media degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UM Dearborn, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,057 for bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of Michigan - Dearborn Instructional Media Design Report

#2

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Mississippi State is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,799 for Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Mississippi State.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Mississippi State

#3

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cameron University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Lawton, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s instructional media degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cameron University, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,296 for Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Cameron University.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Cameron University

#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Wayne State is $11,554 for Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Wayne State

#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $14,458 for Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at UNM

#6

Asbury University

Wilmore, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

Asbury University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Asbury University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wilmore, Kentucky. It awarded 14 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Asbury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $22,929 for Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Asbury University.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Asbury University

The University of Arizona Global Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in San Diego, California, this large private for-profit school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

UAGC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $20,998 for bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UAGC.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at The University of Arizona Global Campus

#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $30-$48k list, Drury University - CCPS has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,884 for Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Drury University - CCPS.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies

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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