2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

Across the Plains States region, there were 668 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,557 and $39,409 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” 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.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s instructional media degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Iowa State Instructional Media Design Report

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$84,653 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 38 doctorate’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region doctor’s degree instructional media students with aid list, Capella University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Capella University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (With Aid)

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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