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

10 Colleges
$47,688 Avg Salary
$25,875 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Graduate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Brandman University the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

About 76% of the students majoring in instructional media at the school are women while 24% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Washington University is a great place for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. WWU is a large public school located in the city of Bellingham.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at California State University - San Bernardino helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular instructional media design schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in instructional media at CSUSB, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Alaska Southeast 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 . UAS is a small public school located in the town of Juneau.

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

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With a ranking of #6, Eastern Washington University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a large student population.

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Western Oregon University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate instructional media design programs. Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the town of Monmouth.

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#6

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for instructional media design students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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Washington State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

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#6

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Oregon State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate instructional media design programs. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

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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 10 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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