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2023 Most Popular Instructional Media Design Schools in Illinois

11 Colleges
$56,178 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design School for You

Instructional Media Design is one of the most popular subjects to study in Illinois. With 181 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.

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 Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in Illinois to see which 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Illinois University the most popular school in Illinois for instructional media design students. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

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#2

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

The excellent programs at Concordia University, Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best instructional media design schools in Illinois. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

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#3

Aurora University

Aurora, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Aurora University is a great place for instructional media design students. Aurora is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Aurora.

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The excellent programs at Western Illinois University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best instructional media design schools in Illinois. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Instructional Media Design Schools in Illinois list. SIUE is a large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville.

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#6

Governors State University

University Park, IL

Governors State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for instructional media design students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the rural area of University Park, GSU is a public college with a small student population.

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#7

Dominican University

River Forest, IL

Dominican University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Instructional Media Design Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Dominican U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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DeVry University - Illinois landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular instructional media design programs. DeVry University - Illinois is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Chicago.

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National Louis University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Instructional Media Design Schools in Illinois list. NLU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Illinois State University 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. Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Normal.

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Best Instructional Media Design Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Instructional Media Design Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 159
Indiana 388
Michigan 230
Wisconsin 22

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 11 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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