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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$14,606 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 Virginia. With 146 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 9th 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. 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.

The Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia 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 Virginia 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 Virginia

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

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

#1

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA

Our analysis found James Madison University to be the best value school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Virginia. Located in the city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

JMU graduate students pay an average of $12,514 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Instructional Media Design at James Madison University Report

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Out of the 4 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Instructional Media Design at Liberty University Report

#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at George Mason University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value instructional media design schools in Virginia. GMU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GMU are $16,644 a year.

GMU also made our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at George Mason University

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

University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $20,906 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Virginia also took the #1 spot in our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia rankings.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at University of Virginia - Main Campus

Best Value Instructional Media Design Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools 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
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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