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Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$35,985 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$74,038 Avg Salary

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

Instructional Media Design is the #34 most popular major in the country with 8,387 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

The Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which doctor'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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the instructional media doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Instructional Media Design

Our 2023 rankings named University of Hawaii at Manoa the best value school in the Far Western US Region for instructional media design students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UH Manoa are $34,550 a year.

Full Instructional Media Design at University of Hawaii at Manoa Report

#2

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

Out of the 2 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pepperdine University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Pepperdine is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Malibu.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pepperdine are $37,420 per year.

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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 446
Washington 13
Oregon 0
Hawaii 25
Alaska 7

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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