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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$12,087 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,661 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 248 degrees and certificates were awarded to instructional media design students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #69 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Minnesota to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Instructional Media Design

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in Minnesota for instructional media design students working on their master’s degree. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.

Full Instructional Media Design at Minnesota State University - Mankato Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Saint Paul is a great value for instructional media design students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Concordia University, Saint Paul graduate students pay an average of $8,550 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Concordia University, Saint Paul

The excellent master’s degree programs at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value instructional media design schools in Minnesota. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SMU MN are $10,890 a year.

Full Instructional Media Design at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Report

#4

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at St. Cloud State University are $9,192 a year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Saint Cloud State University

#5

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, MN

The excellent master’s degree programs at St Catherine University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value instructional media design schools in Minnesota. St. Kate's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

St. Kate’s graduate students pay an average of $17,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Instructional Media Design at St Catherine University Report

#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

With a ranking of #6, Capella University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for instructional media design students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.

Full Instructional Media Design at Capella University Report

Best Value Instructional Media Design Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 208
Kansas 130
Iowa 11
Nebraska 11
North Dakota 10
South Dakota 21

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 6 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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