2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Instructional Media Major for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 77 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Instructional Media Major for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in instructional media design. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular instructional media design programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Instructional Media Major for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree instructional media students.

Top 5 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Instructional Media Design

1

Lone Star College System
The Woodlands, Texas

Top 25% overall quality in United States

$26,870 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Instructional Media Major for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Lone Star College System landed the #1 spot on the list. North Harris Montgomery is a large public school situated in The Woodlands, Texas. It awarded 66 associates’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at North Harris Montgomery

2

Essex County College
Newark, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Essex County College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Instructional Media Major for an Associate list. This medium-sized school is located in Newark, New Jersey, and it awarded 10 associates’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Essex County College Instructional Media Design Report

3

Rio Salado College
Tempe, Arizona

Top 15% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rio Salado College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Instructional Media Major for an Associate. Rio Salado College is a fairly large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 1 associates’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Instructional Media Design at Rio Salado College

4

Bayamon Central University
Bayamón, <nil>

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bayamon Central University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Instructional Media Major for an Associate. Bayamon Central University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bayamón, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Bayamon Central University Instructional Media Design Report

4

Warren County Community College
Washington, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Warren County Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Instructional Media Major for an Associate. Warren County Community College is a small school located in Washington, New Jersey that handed out 0 associates’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 Warren County Community College

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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