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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$17,519 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 8,695 instructional media design students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.

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The Best Value Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for instructional media students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in the United States for instructional media design students working on their basic certificate. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

American Military University undergraduate students pay an average of $7,360 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware Technical Community College - Terry. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools list. Delaware Tech is a large public school located in the city of Dover.

Delaware Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $11,808 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Delaware Tech also did well on our Best Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#3

Martin Luther College

New Ulm, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Martin Luther College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the distant town of New Ulm, MLC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

MLC undergraduate students pay an average of $16,910 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Stark State College

North Canton, OH

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stark State College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools list. Stark State College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of North Canton.

Stark State College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,406 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools list. UMN Duluth is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Duluth.

UMN Duluth undergraduate students pay an average of $19,148 in tuition and fees each year.

UMN Duluth also claimed a spot on our Best Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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With a ranking of #6, Athens State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for instructional media design students working on their basic certificate. Located in the fringe town of Athens, Athens State University is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Athens State University are $15,810 per year.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate instructional media design programs. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

BGSU undergraduate students pay an average of $21,050 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

University of Georgia came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UGA undergraduate students pay an average of $31,108 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UGA also did well on our Best Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#9

Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, MA

Bridgewater State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools ranking. Bridgewater State is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Bridgewater.

Bridgewater State undergraduate students pay an average of $16,872 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for instructional media design students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC are $27,111 per year.

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Instructional Media Design by Region

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Region
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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 11 schools 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.

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