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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in North Carolina

6 Ranked Colleges
84 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master's in North Carolina

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 a Master’s in North Carolina” 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 North Carolina, there were 135 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,700 and $26,006 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 84 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking analyzed 6 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in North Carolina

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. Greenville, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s instructional media degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

ECU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at East Carolina University are $20,685, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at ECU

#2

Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Appalachian State University is a large school located in Boone, North Carolina that handed out 12 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

Appalachian State also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Appalachian State University are $21,439, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Appalachian State University

#3

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. Located in Wilmington, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

UNCW also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Wilmington are $21,286, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

#4

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 11 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte are $21,055.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

#5

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 16 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999.

Full North Carolina State University Instructional Media Design Report

#6

North Carolina Central University

Durham, North Carolina
#6 in overall quality

North Carolina Central University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina ranking. North Carolina Central University is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Carolina Central University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina Central University are $20,595, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at North Carolina Central University

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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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