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

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 Arizona” 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 Arizona, there were 271 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,500 and $61,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 245 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,233 and $38,981 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Arizona” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in Arizona

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Arizona list. Arizona State University - Skysong is a large public school situated in Scottsdale, Arizona. It awarded 76 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong also took the #1 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Skysong are $6,724, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Arizona State University - Skysong Instructional Media Design Report

#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$11,436 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Arizona. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Grand Canyon University

#3

American InterContinental University - Online

Schaumburg, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$12,846 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American InterContinental University - Online. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Instructional Media Schools for a Master’s in Arizona. Located in Schaumburg, Illinois, this fairly large private for-profit school awarded 48 degrees to qualified masters’s instructional media students in 2019-2020.

AIU Online also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at AIU Online are $12,846, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full AIU Online Instructional Media Design Report

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design

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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