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

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 Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in South Dakota” 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 South Dakota, there were 21 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,795 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in South Dakota” 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in South Dakota

1

Dakota State University
Madison, South Dakota

#6 overall quality in South Dakota

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Dakota State University is a public institution located in Madison, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Dakota State Instructional Media Design Report

2

University of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#8 overall quality in South Dakota

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Sioux Falls landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 7 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.

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 more about Instructional Media Design at University of Sioux Falls

3

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota

#5 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in South Dakota list. USD is a medium-sized public school situated in Vermillion, South Dakota. It awarded 2 masters’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full USD Instructional Media Design Report

4

Northern State University
Aberdeen, South Dakota

#11 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Instructional Media Major in South Dakota list. Northern State University is a public institution located in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full NSU Instructional Media Design Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design

Notes and References

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

Footnotes

• *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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