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Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$21,192 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,688 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate School for You

Instructional Media Design is the #73 most popular major in Maryland with 206 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Maryland 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Instructional Media Design

#1

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD

Our analysis found McDaniel College to be the best value school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Maryland. McDaniel is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Westminster.

McDaniel graduate students pay an average of $9,568 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

McDaniel did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list.

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#2

Towson University

Towson, MD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Towson University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. Towson is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Towson.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Towson are $11,034 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Maryland Global Campus is a great value for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. UMGC is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Adelphi.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMGC are $9,342 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. UMBC is a large public school located in the suburb of Baltimore.

UMBC graduate students pay an average of $14,814 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Out of the 5 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Johns Hopkins are $61,202 per year.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list.

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Best Value Instructional Media Design Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Instructional Media Design Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

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

Instructional Media Design is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

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 5 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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