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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois

8 Ranked Colleges
158 Degrees Awarded
$56,178 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois” 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 Illinois, there were 181 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,178 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 158 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in instructional media design. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in instructional media design.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois”.

Top 8 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in Illinois

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Concordia University, Chicago
River Forest, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois. Located in River Forest, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 35 diplomas to qualified masters’s instructional media students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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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Aurora University
Aurora, Illinois

Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Aurora University landed the #2 spot on the list. Aurora University is a medium-sized school located in Aurora, Illinois that handed out 29 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois list. Northern Illinois University is located in Dekalb, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 masters’s instructional media degrees to qualified students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois list. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s instructional media students in 2020-2021.

Full WIU Instructional Media Design Report

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Dominican University
River Forest, Illinois

Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #5 spot on the list. Dominican University is a small school located in River Forest, Illinois that handed out 2 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois ranking. SIUE is a fairly large school located in Edwardsville, Illinois that handed out 5 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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National Louis University
Chicago, Illinois

With a ranking of #7, National Louis University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois list. National Louis University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 0 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.

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DeVry University - Illinois
Chicago, Illinois

DeVry University - Illinois did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in Illinois ranking, coming in at #7. DeVry University - Illinois is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 0 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.

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