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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$26,948 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$74,038 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Doctor'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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Instructional Media Design

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our analysis found Capella University to be the best value school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Capella University graduate students pay an average of $14,784 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Instructional Media Design at Capella University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Iowa State also did well on our Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best instructional media design schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 208
Kansas 130
Minnesota 248
Iowa 11
South Dakota 21
North Dakota 10
Nebraska 11

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

Majors Similar to Instructional Media

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 2 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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