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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the instructional media design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree instructional media students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. 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.

UM Dearborn also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $11,473 for Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students with aid per year to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Michigan - Dearborn Instructional Media Design Report

#2

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. 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 also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State University is $16,173 for Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students with aid.

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

Full Mississippi State Instructional Media Design Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Arizona Global Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Located in San Diego, California, this large private for-profit school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

UAGC also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for UAGC is $20,510 for bachelor’s degree instructional media students with aid.

Full UAGC Instructional Media Design Report

#4

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s instructional media degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $14,446 for Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students with aid per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

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

#5

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Cameron University landed the #5 spot on the 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 $7,952 for bachelor’s degree instructional media students with aid per year to attend Cameron University.

Full Cameron University Instructional Media Design Report

#6

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Wayne State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Wayne State is a large public school situated in Detroit, Michigan. It awarded 3 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,965 for bachelor’s degree instructional media students with aid per year to attend Wayne State University.

Full Wayne State University Instructional Media Design Report

#7

Asbury University

Wilmore, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Asbury University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Wilmore, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s instructional media degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Asbury not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $27,631 for Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students with aid per year to attend Asbury University.

Full Asbury University Instructional Media Design Report

#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 Getting Aid ranking. Drury University - CCPS is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.

Drury University - CCPS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies is $13,233 for Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students with aid.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Drury University - CCPS

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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