by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Instructional Media Design is the 98th most popular major in the country with 8,695 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, instructional media design graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,158 and had an average of $29,016 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major” ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in instructional media design. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in instructional media design.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The instructional media school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree instructional media students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Asbury University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major list. Wilmore, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s instructional media degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Mississippi State University is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Mississippi State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 10 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Academy of Art University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major. Drury University - CCPS is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Drury University - CCPS
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 13 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Instructional Media Design Report
University of Michigan - Dearborn came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major ranking. University of Michigan - Dearborn is a public institution located in Dearborn, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of West Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major ranking, coming in at #8. This fairly large school is located in Pensacola, Florida, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
Wayne State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major ranking. Wayne State University is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 4 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
Utah State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major ranking. Utah State University is located in Logan, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Drury University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major ranking. Drury University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 5 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Drury University
With a ranking of #11, California State University - Chico did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major list. California State University - Chico is a fairly large public school situated in Chico, California. It awarded 0 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Chico State
Western Oregon University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major ranking. Western Oregon State College is a small school located in Monmouth, Oregon that handed out 0 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Western Oregon State College
Bayamon Central University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major ranking. Bayamon Central University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bayamón, . It awarded 0 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Bayamon Central University Instructional Media Design Report
With a ranking of #11, La Salle University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major list. This small school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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