2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region
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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 the Southwest region, there were 873 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,933 and $25,997 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 670 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer 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.
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 the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 18 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in the Southwest Region
Out of the 18 schools in the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 76 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Skysong are $6,724.
Full Arizona State University - Skysong Instructional Media Design Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 44 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree instructional media students list, UNT has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s instructional media degrees to 164 students in 2019-2020.
Grand Canyon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Full Grand Canyon University Instructional Media Design Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Huntsville, Texas, this large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.
SHSU also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sam Houston State University are $15,704, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Full Sam Houston State University Instructional Media Design Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree instructional media students list, Texas Tech has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s instructional media degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.
UT Rio Grande Valley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,151, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Lamar University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Beaumont, Texas, and it awarded 180 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.
Lamar University also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #10. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lamar University are $15,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree instructional media students list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Read more about Instructional Media Design at Texas A&M College Station
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963.
With a ranking of #10, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma are $23,236.
Full University of Oklahoma Instructional Media Design Report
American InterContinental University - Online ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. AIU Online is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Schaumburg, Illinois. It awarded 48 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.
AIU Online also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #16. Average graduate tuition and fees at American InterContinental University - Online are $12,846, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Read full report on Instructional Media Design at American InterContinental University - Online
Texas State University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.
Texas State also took the #12 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Commerce, Texas, and it awarded 12 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Commerce, the school also landed the #14 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Commerce are $14,549.
Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a medium-sized school located in Kingsville, Texas that handed out 3 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Kingsville also took the #17 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,066, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Texas A&M University - Kingsville
With a ranking of #15, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Corpus Christi, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s instructional media degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, the school also landed the #15 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Corpus Christi are $15,683.
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University of Houston - Clear Lake came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s instructional media degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.
UH Clear Lake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston - Clear Lake are $19,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Texas A&M University - Texarkana landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M Texarkana is a public institution located in Texarkana, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Texarkana did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #18 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Texarkana are $14,962.
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With a ranking of #18, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 5 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399.
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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%.
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- *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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