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

4 Colleges
$47,688 Avg Salary
$25,875 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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

Check out the instructional media graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Instructional Media Design

#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 graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Washington University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. WWU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bellingham.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at California State University - San Bernardino 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 . Located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Southeast. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UAS is a small public school located in the remote town of Juneau.

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Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best instructional media design schools 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 4 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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