2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in Virginia (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” 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 Virginia, there were 96 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,000 and $38,354 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in Virginia (With Aid)

#1

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s instructional media degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Regent did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regent are $17,052, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Regent University

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$8,349 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,595 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #2 spot on the list. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 38 masters’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.

Liberty University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Liberty University

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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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