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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$14,606 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,688 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 146 degrees and certificates were awarded to instructional media design students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #52 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

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 Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

#1

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named James Madison University the best value school in Virginia for instructional media design students working on their graduate certificate. JMU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Harrisonburg.

JMU graduate students pay an average of $12,514 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GMU are $16,644 a year.

GMU also made our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at George Mason University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Virginia - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value instructional media design schools in Virginia. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.

University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $20,906 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Virginia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at University of Virginia - Main Campus

Best Value Instructional Media Design Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 257
Georgia 588
North Carolina 175
Tennessee 65
Kentucky 33
Louisiana 84
Alabama 140
South Carolina 214
Mississippi 5
Arkansas 94
West Virginia 6

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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