Instructional Media Design is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #82 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 30 doctor's degrees in instructional media design during the 2020-2021 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on instructional media design students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of instructional media design students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for instructional media design to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized instructional media design related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for instructional media design students working on their doctor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Instructional Media Design Schools
The instructional media school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Instructional Media Design in the Plains States Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in instructional media design.
Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Instructional Media
It is hard to beat Capella University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in instructional media design. Capella University is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Minneapolis.
Students who graduate with their doctorate from the instructional media program report average early career earnings of $85,109.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).