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

33 Colleges
$70,557 Avg Salary
$32,156 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design 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.

The Most Popular Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 33 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular programs 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for instructional media majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found California State University - Fullerton to be the most popular school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a degree in the Far Western US Region . Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

Full Instructional Media Design at California State University - Fullerton Report

The excellent programs at Concordia University, Irvine helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best instructional media design schools in the Far Western US Region . Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Full Instructional Media Design at Concordia University, Irvine Report

The excellent programs at California State University - East Bay helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best instructional media design schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a large student population.

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#4

National University

La Jolla, CA

The excellent programs at National University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best instructional media design schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#6

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

With a ranking of #6, Brandman University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for instructional media design students. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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California State University - Monterey Bay came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Instructional Media Design at California State University - Monterey Bay Report

University of Hawaii at Manoa did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for instructional media design students. It came in at #8 on the list. UH Manoa is a large public school located in the large city of Honolulu.

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California State University - Northridge landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular instructional media design programs. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

Academy of Art University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for instructional media design students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best instructional media design colleges 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 33 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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