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2023 Best Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region

16 Colleges
$70,557 Avg Salary
$32,156 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design School for You

With 8,695 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, instructional media design is the #8 most popular major in the United States.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students.

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2023 Best Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Instructional Media Design Colleges.

Top 10 Best Instructional Media Design Schools

#1

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Our analysis found Brandman University to be the best school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a degree in the Far Western US Region . Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Irvine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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The excellent programs at Western Washington University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best instructional media design schools in the Far Western US Region . WWU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bellingham.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle Pacific University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region list. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Fullerton. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fullerton.

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California State University - San Bernardino did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for instructional media design students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

National University

La Jolla, CA

National University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best instructional media design programs. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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California State University - Monterey Bay landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best instructional media design programs. Located in the midsize suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #9, California State University - East Bay did quite well on this year’s best schools for instructional media design students. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a large student population.

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California State University - Northridge came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best instructional media design colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 13
Oregon 0
California 477
Hawaii 25
Alaska 7

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, instructional media design has other similar majors worth exploring.

Instructional Media Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Educational/Instructional Technology 8,695

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Antanana.

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