2025 Best Instructional Media Design Schools in New York
4Colleges in New York
419Instructional Media Degrees Awarded
$62,965Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in instructional media design, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #98 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Instructional Media Design Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 419 degrees in instructional media design to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Instructional Media Design School
The instructional media program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Instructional Media Design rankings. For our Best Overall Instructional Media Design School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Instructional Media Design Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Instructional Media Design Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Instructional Media Design in New York
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the instructional media degree levels they offer.
New York University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in instructional media design. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 41 instructional media design students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in instructional media design has to look into Syracuse University. Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.
There were roughly 30 instructional media design students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent year we have data available.
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SUNY Oneonta is a great choice for students interested in a degree in instructional media design. SUNY Oneonta is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Oneonta. This school ranks 37th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 33 instructional media design students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Oneonta in the most recent data year. Instructional Media Design degree recipients from SUNY Oneonta get an earnings boost of about $6,997 over the typical income of instructional media design majors.
It is difficult to beat SUNY Empire State College if you wish to pursue a degree in instructional media design. SUNY Empire is a medium-sized public college located in the small suburb of Saratoga Springs. This college ranks 47th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 21 instructional media design students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Empire in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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