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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$7,707 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 North Carolina. With 175 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 North Carolina 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 North Carolina 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.

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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 North Carolina

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

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

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Charlotte to be the best value school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in North Carolina. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 per year.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Instructional Media Design at University of North Carolina at Charlotte Report

Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Appalachian State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Boone.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Appalachian State are $8,007 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Appalachian State is ranked #4 for overall quality for instructional media in North Carolina.

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#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 3 spot on the list. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ECU are $7,594 a year.

ECU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Instructional Media Design at East Carolina University Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a great value for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. UNCW is a large public school located in the city of Wilmington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNCW are $7,514 per year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

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
Georgia 588
Florida 260
Virginia 146
West Virginia 6
South Carolina 214
Arkansas 94
Louisiana 84
Mississippi 44
Alabama 140

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

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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