2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota

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 Doctorate in Minnesota” 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 Minnesota, there were 296 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,000 and $55,128 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,467 and $103,128 respectively.

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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the instructional media design program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in Minnesota

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$84,653 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #1 spot on the list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 38 doctorate’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Capella 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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