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2023 Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

16 Colleges
$47,688 Avg Salary
$25,875 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate School for You

Instructional Media Design is the #90 most popular major in the country with 8,695 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the instructional media graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Indiana University - Bloomington to be the best school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baldwin Wallace University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Berea, Baldwin Wallace College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Western Illinois University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best instructional media design schools in the Great Lakes Region . WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

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Out of the 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the # 4 spot on the list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

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#5

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Chicago is a great place for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#6

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

University of Dayton did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for instructional media design students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a large student population.

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#8

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

With a ranking of #8, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Wright State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for instructional media design students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI

With a ranking of #10, Western Michigan University did quite well on this year’s best schools for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best instructional media design colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 230
Ohio 159
Illinois 181
Indiana 388
Wisconsin 22

One of 14 majors within the area of study, instructional media design has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
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