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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$27,528 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,557 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design 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 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 Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Top 10 Best Instructional Media Design Schools

Our analysis found Concordia University, Irvine to be the best value school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a degree in the Far Western US Region . Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Concordia University, Irvine are $38,740 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Concordia University, Irvine also is in the top 10% of our Best Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

Full Instructional Media Design at Concordia University, Irvine Report

#2

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandman University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

Brandman undergraduate students pay an average of $12,480 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Brandman is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#3

National University

La Jolla, CA
$13,320 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at National University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best instructional media design schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at National University are $13,320 per year.

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$18,856 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at California State University - Fullerton helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best instructional media design schools in the Far Western US Region . Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

Cal State Fullerton undergraduate students pay an average of $18,856 in tuition and fees each year.

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$19,093 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - San Bernardino did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for instructional media design students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CSUSB undergraduate students pay an average of $19,093 in tuition and fees each year.

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$19,098 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, California State University - Monterey Bay did quite well on this year’s best value schools for instructional media design students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CSUMB are $19,098 a year.

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$18,875 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, California State University - East Bay did quite well on this year’s best value schools for instructional media design students. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Cal State East Bay undergraduate students pay an average of $18,875 in tuition and fees each year.

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$18,923 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Northridge landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value instructional media design programs. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CSUN are $18,923 a year.

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$18,665 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Los Angeles ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cal State LA are $18,665 a year.

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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 16 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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