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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$24,609 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,688 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 8,695 instructional media design students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for instructional media students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the best value school in the Southwest Region for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

SHSU graduate students pay an average of $16,009 in tuition and fees each year.

SHSU also made our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #5.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a great value for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OSU are $24,175 per year.

OSU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Instructional Media Design at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $33,644 in tuition and fees each 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 Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 272
Texas 496
New Mexico 13
Oklahoma 45

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 3 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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