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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$29,188 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,688 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate School for You

With 414 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, instructional media design is the #53 most popular major in New York.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New York 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Check out the instructional media graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

Our 2023 rankings named University at Buffalo the best value school in New York for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University at Buffalo are $14,388 per year.

Full Instructional Media Design at University at Buffalo Report

#2

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, NY

Out of the 4 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Empire State College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Saratoga Springs, SUNY Empire is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

SUNY Empire graduate students pay an average of $11,870 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at SUNY Empire State College

#3

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Syracuse University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value instructional media design schools in New York. Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Syracuse.

Syracuse graduate students pay an average of $42,954 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Syracuse also claimed a spot on our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Syracuse University

#4

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of Rochester are $47,541 a year.

University of Rochester also claimed a spot on our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Instructional Media Design at University of Rochester Report

Best Value Instructional Media Design Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 423
Maryland 206
New Jersey 52
District of Columbia 24
Delaware 41

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
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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