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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$20,658 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,688 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate School for You

Instructional Media Design is the #35 most popular major in Michigan with 222 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Michigan to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for instructional media majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

Our analysis found Western Michigan University to be the best value school for instructional media design students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Michigan. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a large student population.

WMU graduate students pay an average of $17,807 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Western Michigan University

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Out of the 4 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Michigan State are $19,714 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Michigan State is ranked #3 for overall quality for instructional media in Michigan.

Full Instructional Media Design at Michigan State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $25,230 per year.

U-M also made our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Wayne State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value instructional media design schools in Michigan. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Wayne State are $18,937 a year.

Full Instructional Media Design at Wayne State University Report

Best Value Instructional Media Design Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 181
Ohio 159
Indiana 388
Wisconsin 22

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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