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2023 Best Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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$53,661 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the instructional media master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Irvine the best school in the Far Western US Region for instructional media design students working on their master’s degree. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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#2

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Out of the 14 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandman University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle Pacific University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree 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 #4 on our 2023 Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Fullerton.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at California State University - San Bernardino helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best instructional media design schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the midsize city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

National University

La Jolla, CA

National University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree instructional media design programs. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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California State University - Monterey Bay did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for instructional media design students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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California State University - East Bay landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree instructional media design programs. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a large student population.

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California State University - Northridge ranked #9 on this year’s Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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California State University - Los Angeles came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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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 14 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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