2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for instructional media students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Instructional Media Design
Our analysis found Brandman University to be the best value school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brandman are $12,720 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Brandman also is in the top 15% of our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - San Bernardino. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSUSB are $18,151 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. WWU is a large public school located in the city of Bellingham.
WWU graduate students pay an average of $24,737 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Alaska Southeast is a great value for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. UAS is a small public school located in the town of Juneau.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAS are $24,783 per year.
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Request InformationBest 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 |
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Majors Related to Instructional Media
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 4 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).
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