2024 Best Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Instructional Media Design is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #32 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 37 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for instructional media design students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,005 master's degrees in instructional media design during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

Your choice of instructional media design for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality instructional media program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master'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

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 master'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 much debt instructional media design students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized instructional media design related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Instructional Media Design Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Instructional Media Design in the Middle Atlantic Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for instructional media design students seeking a a master's degree.

10 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Instructional Media

1

New York University
New York, NY

30 Annual Graduates

$63,685 Median Starting Salary

New York University is a great choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in instructional media design. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.

Those instructional media design students who get their master's degree from New York University receive $3,152 more than the standard instructional media student.

More information about a master’s in instructional media design from New York University

2

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

35 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Pennsylvania if you wish to pursue a master's degree in instructional media design. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a master’s in instructional media design from University of Pennsylvania

3

Teachers College at Columbia University
New York, NY

69 Annual Graduates

$62,426 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in instructional media design has to look into Teachers College at Columbia University. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.

Students who graduate with their master's from the instructional media program report average early career earnings of $62,426.

More information about a master’s in instructional media design from Teachers College at Columbia University

4

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

18 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in instructional media design needs to take a look at Johns Hopkins University. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in instructional media design from Johns Hopkins University

5

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

29 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in instructional media design from Syracuse University

6

Towson University
Towson, MD

86 Annual Graduates

$58,212 Median Starting Salary

Towson is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Towson.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the instructional media program make around $58,212 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in instructional media design from Towson University

7

Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA

20 Annual Graduates

Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Bethlehem.More information about a master’s in instructional media design from Lehigh University

8

Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA

2 Annual Graduates

Duquesne is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a master’s in instructional media design from Duquesne University

9

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

11 Annual Graduates

UMBC is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Baltimore.More information about a master’s in instructional media design from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

10

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

6 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in instructional media design from University of Delaware

Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best instructional media design colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	392
Pennsylvania	248	354
Maryland	193	153
New Jersey	188	52
District of Columbia	154	13
Delaware	109	41

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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	1,005

Majors Similar to Instructional Media

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific	5,734
Special Education	5,199
Teacher Education Subject Specific	4,931
Educational Administration	3,806
General Education	2,451
Student Counseling	1,874
Teaching English or French	1,054
Curriculum & Instruction	844
Other Education	366
International Education	157

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.