2024 Best Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

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

1

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

26 Annual Graduates

$85,109 Median Starting Salary

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.

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

2

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

4 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in instructional media design has to take a look at Iowa State University. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ames.More information about a doctorate in instructional media design from Iowa State University

Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best instructional media design schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	120	26
Iowa	110	4
Kansas	97	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Instructional Media

One of 14 majors within the Education area of study, Instructional Media Design has other similar majors worth exploring.

Instructional Media Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Educational/Instructional Technology	30

Most Popular Majors Related to Instructional Media

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	1,004
General Education	458
Curriculum & Instruction	146
Teacher Education Grade Specific	86
Educational Assessment	75
Student Counseling	67
Other Education	39
Teacher Education Subject Specific	37
Special Education	20
Education Philosophy	3

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Antanana. More about our data sources and methodologies.