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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Maryland” 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 Maryland, there were 148 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,733 and $40,075 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 103 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the instructional media design program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 a Master’s in Maryland” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Maryland.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in Maryland

#1

Towson University

Towson, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$18,972 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$58,866 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Maryland list. This large school is located in Towson, Maryland, and it awarded 53 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Towson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Towson University are $18,972, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Towson

#2

University of Maryland Global Campus

Adelphi, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$12,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$62,012 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Global Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Adelphi, Maryland, this large public school awarded 42 degrees to qualified masters’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland master’s degree instructional media students list, UMGC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMGC are $12,132.

Full University of Maryland Global Campus 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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