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2023 Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 8,695 instructional media design students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes 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 10 Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Bloomington the best school in the Great Lakes Region for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

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Out of the 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baldwin Wallace University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Baldwin Wallace College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Berea.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great place for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Chicago is a great place for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

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#6

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

With a ranking of #6, University of Dayton did quite well on this year’s best schools for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.

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#8

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for instructional media design students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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With a ranking of #9, Wright State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Wright State University - Main Campus is a large public school located in the suburb of Dayton.

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#10

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI

Western Michigan University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate instructional media design programs. WMU is a large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo.

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Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best instructional media design schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 159
Illinois 181
Indiana 388
Michigan 230
Wisconsin 22

Instructional Media Design is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Instructional Media Concentrations

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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