2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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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 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” 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in the Southwest Region

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree instructional media students per year to attend UNM.

Full UNM Instructional Media Design Report

#2

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$7,952 Average Net Price

$28,960 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cameron University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Cameron University is a small school located in Lawton, Oklahoma that handed out 2 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Cameron University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Cameron University is $7,952 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Instructional Media students.

Full Cameron 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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