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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

30 Colleges
$23,845 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$74,038 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for instructional media students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for instructional media majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the United States for instructional media design students working on their doctor’s degree. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BYU are $7,700 per year.

BYU also claimed a spot on our Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Instructional Media Design at Brigham Young University - Provo Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northern Illinois University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value instructional media design schools in the United States. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

NIU graduate students pay an average of $11,390 in tuition and fees each year.

NIU also claimed a spot on our Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.

Full Instructional Media Design at Capella University Report

#4

Towson University

Towson, MD

Out of the 30 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Towson University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Towson are $19,890 a year.

Towson excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Towson University

#5

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 per year.

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Sam Houston State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 per year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Sam Houston State University

University of North Texas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Southern Mississippi did quite well on this year’s best value schools for instructional media design students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school with a large student population.

Southern Miss graduate students pay an average of $11,204 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at University of Southern Mississippi

Kennesaw State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. KSU Georgia is a very large public school located in the suburb of Kennesaw.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at KSU Georgia are $21,174 a year.

KSU Georgia also claimed a spot on our Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Kennesaw State University

#10

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lehigh are $27,130 per year.

Lehigh excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

Full Instructional Media Design at Lehigh University Report

Instructional Media Design by Region

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Region
Southeast
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 25 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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