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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Instructional Media Design is the 98th most popular major in the country with 9,224 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , instructional media design graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $55,060 and had an average of $28,304 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 2,112 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,025 and $19,201 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2,066 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,612 and $39,317 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in instructional media design. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their instructional media design program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Governors University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 1,962 diplomas to qualified masters’s instructional media students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Utah State University is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 39 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Utah State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This large school is located in Boise, Idaho, and it awarded 38 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s instructional media students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Instructional Media Design at BYU
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Idaho State University is a fairly large public school situated in Pocatello, Idaho. It awarded 6 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Instructional Media Design at ISU
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Lakewood, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s instructional media degrees to 11 students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Instructional Media Design at RMCAD
University of Northern Colorado came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Greeley, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s instructional media degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Instructional Media Design at University of Northern Colorado
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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