2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 79 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in instructional media design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent instructional media design programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree instructional media students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in the Southwest Region

#1

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$8,016 Average Net Price

$22,766 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lone Star College System. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. North Harris Montgomery is a large public school situated in The Woodlands, Texas. It awarded 78 associates’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

North Harris Montgomery not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Lone Star College System is $8,016 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Instructional Media students.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at North Harris Montgomery

#2

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$7,952 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cameron University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Cameron University is a small public school situated in Lawton, Oklahoma. It awarded 1 associates’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Cameron University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,952 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Instructional Media students per year to attend Cameron University.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Cameron University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design

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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