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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $48-$75k)

8 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$32,031 Avg Student Debt
Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. 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 Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $48-$75k)

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

UM Dearborn also took the #4 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UM Dearborn is $10,553 for bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $48-$75k.

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%.

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#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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State is $18,007 for Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3

Asbury University

Wilmore, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Asbury University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Wilmore, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

Asbury also took the #3 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $27,906 for bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Asbury.

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#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Wayne State University is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Wayne State University is $13,668 for bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $48-$75k.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Arizona Global Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. The University of Arizona Global Campus is a large private for-profit school situated in San Diego, California. It awarded 22 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAGC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $22,687 for bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend The University of Arizona Global Campus.

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#6

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma

With a ranking of #6, Cameron University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Cameron University is a public institution located in Lawton, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cameron University also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $10,325 for bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Cameron University.

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#7

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #6 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $16,557 for bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#8 in overall quality

Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Drury University - CCPS is a small school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 1 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Drury University - CCPS also took the #8 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies is $13,166 for bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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