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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$25,208 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,688 Avg Salary

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. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for instructional media majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

La Salle University

Philadelphia, PA

Our 2023 rankings named La Salle University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Philadelphia, La Salle is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at La Salle are $1,455 a year.

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#2

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means McDaniel College is a great value for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Westminster, McDaniel is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at McDaniel are $9,568 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, McDaniel is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WCUPA are $16,758 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland Global Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMGC are $12,132 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the small city of Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bloomsburg are $16,731 a year.

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Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the town of Shippensburg, Ship is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Ship graduate students pay an average of $16,830 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Towson University

Towson, MD

Towson University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Towson are $19,890 a year.

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University of Maryland - Baltimore County came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMBC are $23,580 a year.

UMBC also claimed a spot on our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#9

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lehigh are $27,130 a year.

Lehigh also claimed a spot on our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#10

George Washington University

Washington, DC

George Washington University 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 #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, GWU also is in the top 15% of our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best instructional media design colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 423
New York 414
Maryland 206
New Jersey 62
District of Columbia 24
Delaware 41

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.

  • 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.

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