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2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in California

7 Ranked Colleges
393 Degrees Awarded
$15,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master's in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in California” 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 California, there were 432 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,900 and $38,004 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 393 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in instructional media design. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great instructional media design programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Master’s in California” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree instructional media students.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in California

#1

Concordia University, Irvine

Irvine, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Irvine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in California list. Located in Irvine, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 99 diplomas to qualified masters’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Irvine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Irvine are $8,121.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Concordia University, Irvine

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Fullerton. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in California list. This large school is located in Fullerton, California, and it awarded 151 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal State Fullerton also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cal State Fullerton are $17,892.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Cal State Fullerton

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Monterey Bay. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in California list. Seaside, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s instructional media degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

CSUMB also took the #5 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - Monterey Bay are $18,081, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at California State University - Monterey Bay

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - East Bay landed the #4 spot on the list. California State University - East Bay is a public institution located in Hayward, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal State East Bay did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - East Bay are $17,828, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Cal State East Bay Instructional Media Design Report

#5

Brandman University

Irvine, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brandman University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in California. Brandman is a private not-for-profit institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california master’s degree instructional media students list, Brandman has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandman University are $12,540, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

National University

La Jolla, California

National University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in California ranking, coming in at #7. La Jolla, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s instructional media degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california master’s degree instructional media students list, National University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at National University are $15,480, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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