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2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
174 Degrees Awarded
$21,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Instructional Media Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Instructional Media Design is the 113th most popular major in the country with 7,710 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Massachusetts, there were 174 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,800 and $20,500 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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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Best Value Instructional Media Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Instructional Media Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Instructional Media Design in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 105 ’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $15,386 for massachusetts instructional media students with aid per year to attend Harvard University.

The low student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school awarded 40 degrees to qualified ’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Schools in Massachusetts” list. The yearly cost to attend UMass Boston is $18,340 for massachusetts instructional media students with aid.

Full UMass Boston Instructional Media Design Report

#3

Salem State University

Salem, Massachusetts

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Salem State University is located in Salem, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 ’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.

Salem State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Schools in Massachusetts” list. It costs about $18,399 for Massachusetts Instructional Media students with aid per year to attend Salem State University.

Full Salem State University Instructional Media Design Report

#4

Framingham State University

Framingham, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Framingham State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. Framingham State is a small public school situated in Framingham, Massachusetts. It awarded 14 ’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Framingham State also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Framingham State is $20,001 for Massachusetts Instructional Media students with aid.

Full Framingham State University Instructional Media Design Report

#5

Lesley University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lesley University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 ’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Lesley also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $33,644 for Massachusetts Instructional Media students with aid per year to attend Lesley University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Lesley University Instructional Media Design Report

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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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