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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$9,739 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,688 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate School for You

Instructional Media Design is one of the most popular subjects to study in Alabama. With 140 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many teaching programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

The Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Alabama to see which graduate certificate 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama

Check out the instructional media graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Instructional Media Design

#1

University of West Alabama

Livingston, AL

Our analysis found University of West Alabama to be the best value school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Alabama. Located in the rural area of Livingston, University of West Alabama is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

University of West Alabama graduate students pay an average of $6,868 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of West Alabama is ranked #2 for overall quality for instructional media in Alabama.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Auburn University at Montgomery. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. AUM is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Montgomery.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at AUM are $8,344 per year.

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#3

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Auburn University is a great value for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Auburn is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Auburn.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Auburn are $11,826 a year.

Auburn did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list.

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#4

University of Montevallo

Montevallo, AL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Montevallo helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value instructional media design schools in Alabama. Montevallo is a small public school located in the large suburb of Montevallo.

Montevallo graduate students pay an average of $11,916 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Instructional Media Design Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Instructional Media Design Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 44
Tennessee 65
North Carolina 175
Georgia 588
Florida 260
Virginia 146
West Virginia 6
South Carolina 214
Arkansas 94
Louisiana 84
Mississippi 44

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

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 4 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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