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2023 Most Popular Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Instructional Media Design Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Instructional Media Design program at each school on the list.

Check out the instructional media basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

#1

Bakersfield College

Bakersfield, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Bakersfield College the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for instructional media design students working on their basic certificate. Bakersfield College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bakersfield.

Women make up 56% of the instructional media majors at the school.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Bakersfield College

#2

Cerritos College

Norwalk, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Cerritos College is a great place for instructional media design students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Norwalk, Cerritos College is a public college with a large student population.

Full Instructional Media Design at Cerritos College Report

#2

Columbia College

Sonora, CA

Out of the 5 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Sonora, Columbia Junior College is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 50% of the instructional media majors at the school.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Columbia College

The in-demand basic certificate programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular instructional media design schools in the Far Western US Region . Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Washington State University

#4

Merritt College

Oakland, CA

The in-demand basic certificate programs at Merritt College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular instructional media design schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Oakland, Merritt College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Merritt College

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 5 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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