2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 the Far Western US region, there were 474 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,833 and $36,789 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in instructional media design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality instructional media design programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#2 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550.

Full University of Hawaii at Manoa Instructional Media Design Report

#2

Pepperdine University

Malibu, California

#1 in overall quality

$36,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,015 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pepperdine University landed the #2 spot on the list. Malibu, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s instructional media degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Pepperdine also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pepperdine are $36,320, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Pepperdine

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

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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