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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$13,767 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,688 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate School for You

Instructional Media Design is the #34 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 423 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, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania

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

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

#1

La Salle University

Philadelphia, PA

Our 2023 rankings named La Salle University the best value school in Pennsylvania for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, La Salle is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

La Salle graduate students pay an average of $1,455 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a great value for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WCUPA are $11,898 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the small city of Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Bloomsburg graduate students pay an average of $11,871 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is a great value for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the fringe town of Shippensburg, Ship is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ship are $11,970 per year.

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#5

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Temple University is a great value for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a very large student population.

Temple graduate students pay an average of $18,278 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate instructional media design programs. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.

Lehigh graduate students pay an average of $27,130 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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Best Value Instructional Media Design Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 414
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 6 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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