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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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.

Across Iowa, there were 15 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,300 and $39,824 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great instructional media design programs and 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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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 Master’s in Iowa 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 Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$58,673 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 9 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNI are $22,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at UNI

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in the Plains States 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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