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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Instructional Media for a Master’s” 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 8,695 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, instructional media design graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,158 and had an average of $29,016 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arizona, there were 272 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,424 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Instructional Media for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in instructional media design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent instructional media design programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the instructional media design program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Instructional Media for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona master’s degree vets studying instructional media.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Instructional Media for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 3 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking.Among the 45,601 students enrolled at University of Arizona, 2,131 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,478 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,880. On top of their other funding sources, 31 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Arizona]](/colleges/university-of-arizona/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Instructional Media for a Master’s. Grand Canyon University is a large school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 159 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our arizona master’s degree vets studying instructional media list, Grand Canyon University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 7,172 of the 103,427 students enrolled at Grand Canyon University were GI Bill® students, of which 4,951 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,970. To help with additional expenses, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American InterContinental University - Online. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Instructional Media for a Master’s. American InterContinental University - Online is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Schaumburg, Illinois. It awarded 47 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
AIU Online also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #4.Among the 15,415 students enrolled at AIU Online, 640 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 665 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,136. To help with additional expenses, 9 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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