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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$16,436 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$74,038 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, instructional media design was ranked #34 in the country. In fact 8,387 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for instructional media students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for instructional media majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Instructional Media Design

Our analysis found University of North Texas to be the best value school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 per year.

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Our analysis found Sam Houston State University to be the best value school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 a year.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

UOPX - Arizona graduate students pay an average of $16,153 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 430
Arizona 271
Oklahoma 45
New Mexico 0

One of 14 majors within the area of study, instructional media design has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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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