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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$20,166 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,661 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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. 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools

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

Concordia University, Irvine graduate students pay an average of $8,564 in tuition and fees each year.

Concordia University, Irvine also claimed a spot on our Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brandman are $12,720 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Brandman is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Full Instructional Media Design at Brandman University Report

#3

National University

La Jolla, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend National University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at National University are $15,480 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Fullerton. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cal State Fullerton are $17,914 a year.

Full Instructional Media Design at California State University - Fullerton Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at California State University - San Bernardino helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value instructional media design schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the midsize city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public college with a large student population.

CSUSB graduate students pay an average of $18,151 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Instructional Media Design at California State University - San Bernardino Report

California State University - Monterey Bay did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for instructional media design students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. 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 graduate students at CSUMB are $18,156 a year.

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California State University - East Bay landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree instructional media design programs. Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Cal State East Bay graduate students pay an average of $17,933 in tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Northridge came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

CSUN graduate students pay an average of $17,981 in tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Los Angeles came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal State LA are $17,723 per year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at California State University - Los Angeles

Seattle Pacific University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for instructional media design students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SPU are $24,273 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SPU also is in the top 10% of our Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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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 14 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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