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2024 Best Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools

34 Colleges in the United States
205 Doctor's Degrees
$74,038 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in instructional media design, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #82 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 34 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for instructional media design students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 205 doctor's degrees in instructional media design during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Instructional Media Design School for Your Doctor's Degree

Best Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools Your choice of instructional media design for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for instructional media design students working on their doctor's degree.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.


 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Instructional Media Design in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in instructional media design.

10 Top Schools for a Doctorate in Instructional Media

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8 Annual Graduates

Indiana University - Bloomington is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in instructional media design. IU Bloomington is a very large public university located in the city of Bloomington.More information about a doctorate in instructional media design from Indiana University - Bloomington

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

It is difficult to beat University of Pennsylvania if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in instructional media design. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in instructional media design from University of Pennsylvania

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4 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in instructional media design has to look into University of Georgia. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in instructional media design from University of Georgia

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Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in instructional media design has to check out Capella University. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit university with a very large student population.

Doctorate recipients from the instructional media design degree program at Capella University make $11,071 above the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a doctorate in instructional media design from Capella University

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New York University
New York, NY

Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in instructional media design from New York University

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3 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in instructional media design from Teachers College at Columbia University

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8 Annual Graduates

BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Provo.More information about a doctorate in instructional media design from Brigham Young University - Provo

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
6 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in instructional media design from Michigan State University

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4 Annual Graduates

UH Manoa is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Honolulu.More information about a doctorate in instructional media design from University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
3 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in instructional media design from Duquesne University

Instructional Media Design by Region

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Instructional Media Design is one of 14 different types of Education programs to choose from.

Instructional Media Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Educational/Instructional Technology 205

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 7,684
General Education 2,177
Curriculum & Instruction 1,434
Teacher Education Subject Specific 495
Teacher Education Grade Specific 431
Other Education 426
Student Counseling 418
Educational Assessment 270
Special Education 204
Education Philosophy 120

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