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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 2,112 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,025 and $19,201 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,387 and $113,689 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 rocky mountains region doctor’s degree instructional media students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boise, Idaho, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s instructional media degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Boise State Instructional Media Design Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s instructional media degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Brigham Young University - Provo Instructional Media Design Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Utah State University is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Utah State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Idaho State University is located in Pocatello, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
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- 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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- *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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