by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
Across the Plains States region, there were 650 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,885 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree instructional media students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Plains States Region list. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 26 doctorate’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baker University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Baldwin City, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s instructional media students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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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