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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Arizona, there were 271 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,500 and $61,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 245 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,233 and $38,981 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in Arizona (With Aid)

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 76 degrees to qualified masters’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Skysong are $6,724, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at ASU - Skysong

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,025 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 5 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Arizona Instructional Media Design Report

#2

American InterContinental University - Online

Schaumburg, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$12,846 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American InterContinental University - Online. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. AIU Online is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Schaumburg, Illinois. It awarded 48 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

AIU Online also took the #3 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at AIU Online are $12,846, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full AIU Online Instructional Media Design Report

#3

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$11,436 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 164 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Grand Canyon University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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