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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 8,695 people earned their degree in instructional media design, making the major the 98th most popular in the United States. 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.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 423 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,622 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,028 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Pennsylvania” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in instructional media design. That schools that top this list have a program in instructional media design in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania doctor’s degree instructional media students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lehigh University is a medium-sized school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that handed out 4 doctorate’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Instructional Media Design at Lehigh University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duquesne University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s instructional media students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Duquesne
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Point Park University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s instructional media students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Point Park University Instructional Media Design Report
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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