2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Instructional Media Design is the 98th most popular major in the country with 9,224 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , instructional media design graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $55,060 and had an average of $28,304 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,227 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,602 and $28,243 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,642 and $15,171 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in instructional media design. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their instructional media design program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Essex County College
Newark, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Essex County College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Newark, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified associates’s instructional media students in 2021-2022.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Essex

2

Warren County Community College
Washington, New Jersey

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Warren County Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, New Jersey, this small public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s instructional media students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Warren County Community College Instructional Media Design Report

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%.

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Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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