2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,710 people earned their degree in instructional media design, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, instructional media design graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,602 and had an average of $31,700 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 873 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,933 and $25,997 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in instructional media design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality instructional media design programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the instructional media design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$6,296 Average Net Price

$28,960 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cameron University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Cameron University is a public institution located in Lawton, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cameron University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Cameron University is $6,296 for southwest region bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Cameron University

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$14,458 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $14,458 for southwest region bachelor’s degree instructional media students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Instructional Media Design Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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