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2023 Most Popular Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

10 Colleges
$47,688 Avg Salary
$25,875 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Instructional Media Design program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for instructional media majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Our analysis found Brandman University to be the most popular 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 large city of Irvine.

Women make up 76% of the instructional media majors at the school.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Washington University landed the # 2 spot on the list. WWU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bellingham.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means California State University - San Bernardino is a great place for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public school with a large student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in instructional media at the school are women while 67% are male.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Alaska Southeast is a great place for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. UAS is a small public school located in the town of Juneau.

Of the 2 students majoring in instructional media at UAS, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles is a great place for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#6

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Oregon State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for instructional media design students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

Full Instructional Media Design at Oregon State University Report

#6

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate instructional media design programs. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Eastern Washington University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Eastern Washington University

Washington State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for instructional media design students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

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Western Oregon University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Monmouth.

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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 10 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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