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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$11,015 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,168 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design 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 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 7 schools in North Carolina to see which 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 Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality 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 degree in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Charlotte are $7,188 a year.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in North Carolina list. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ECU are $7,297 per year.

ECU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Instructional Media Design Schools in North Carolina list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in North Carolina list. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the distant town of Boone.

Appalachian State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,410 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, Appalachian State is ranked #5 for overall quality for instructional media in North Carolina.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in North Carolina list. UNCW is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNCW are $7,238 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina Central University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Durham, North Carolina Central University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

North Carolina Central University undergraduate students pay an average of $6,644 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, North Carolina State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for instructional media design students. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC State are $9,131 per year.

NC State also claimed a spot on our Best Instructional Media Design Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#7

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC
$32,200 Average Tuition & Fees

Gardner - Webb University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for instructional media design students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the town of Boiling Springs, Gardner - Webb is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Gardner - Webb undergraduate students pay an average of $32,200 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 Schools 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 7 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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