Instructional Media Design at Western Kentucky University

Every instructional media design school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the instructional media program at Western Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has a total student population of 17,517.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Instructional Media Design section at the bottom of this page.

WKU Instructional Media Design Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Instructional Media (Less Than 1 Year)
• Master’s Degree in Instructional Media

Online Classes Are Available at WKU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WKU offers distance education options for instructional media at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

WKU Instructional Media Design Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Instructional Media Student Demographics at WKU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the instructional media majors at Western Kentucky University.

WKU Instructional Media Design Master’s Program

Of the 5 instructional media students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WKU, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a instructional media master's degree from WKU, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the instructional media master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Kentucky University with a master's in instructional media.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Teaching English or French
• Educational Administration
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Student Counseling
• Special Education

Careers That Instructional Media Grads May Go Into

A degree in instructional media can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Instructional Coordinators	2,400	$60,530

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.