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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$27,528 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,557 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for instructional media students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the instructional media programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Instructional Media Design Schools

Our analysis found Concordia University, Irvine to be the best value school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a degree in the Far Western US Region . Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Concordia University, Irvine are $38,740 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Concordia University, Irvine also is in the top 20% of our Best Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

Full Instructional Media Design at Concordia University, Irvine Report

#2

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

The excellent programs at Brandman University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best instructional media design schools in the Far Western US Region . Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Brandman undergraduate students pay an average of $12,480 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Brandman is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#3

National University

La Jolla, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

National University undergraduate students pay an average of $13,320 in tuition and fees each year.

National University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Full Instructional Media Design at National University Report

$18,856 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Fullerton. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fullerton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cal State Fullerton are $18,856 per year.

Full Instructional Media Design at California State University - Fullerton Report

$19,093 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - San Bernardino ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CSUSB undergraduate students pay an average of $19,093 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Instructional Media Design at California State University - San Bernardino Report

$19,098 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Monterey Bay ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

CSUMB undergraduate students pay an average of $19,098 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Instructional Media Design at California State University - Monterey Bay Report

$18,875 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - East Bay landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value instructional media design programs. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Cal State East Bay undergraduate students pay an average of $18,875 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at California State University - East Bay

$18,923 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, California State University - Northridge did quite well on this year’s best value schools for instructional media design students. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a very large student population.

CSUN undergraduate students pay an average of $18,923 in tuition and fees each year.

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$18,665 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Los Angeles landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value instructional media design programs. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cal State LA are $18,665 a year.

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Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best instructional media design schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 477
Washington 13
Oregon 0
Hawaii 25
Alaska 7

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

Majors Similar to Instructional Media

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.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Antanana.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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