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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$6,168 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,870 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Associate Degree 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Instructional Media Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Instructional Media Design Associate Degree School

#1

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Lone Star College System the best value school in the Southwest Region for instructional media design students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of The Woodlands, North Harris Montgomery is a public school with a very large student population.

North Harris Montgomery undergraduate students pay an average of $6,168 in tuition and fees each year. Instructional Media majors at North Harris Montgomery take out an average of $15,673 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best instructional media design colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 272
Texas 496
New Mexico 13
Oklahoma 45

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 values are for the top school only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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