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2023 Most Popular Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

24 Colleges
$53,661 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Master's Degree 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 24 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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 master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Fullerton the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for instructional media design students working on their master’s degree. Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Fullerton.

Women make up 75% of the instructional media majors at the school.

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Out of the 24 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Irvine landed the # 2 spot on the list. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Of the 100 students majoring in instructional media at Concordia University, Irvine, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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Out of the 24 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - East Bay landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 50 students majoring in instructional media at Cal State East Bay, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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

#4

National University

La Jolla, CA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at National 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 . Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

About 51% of the students majoring in instructional media at the school are women while 49% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Monterey Bay. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 77% of the instructional media majors at the school.

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

California State University - Northridge did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for instructional media design students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 67% of the instructional media majors at the school.

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University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree instructional media design programs. UH Manoa is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Honolulu.

Women make up 57% of the instructional media majors at the school.

Full Instructional Media Design at University of Hawaii at Manoa Report

#8

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Women make up 58% of the instructional media majors at the school.

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#10

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

With a ranking of #10, Academy of Art University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for instructional media design students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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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 24 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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