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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$12,536 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,661 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 181 degrees and certificates were awarded to instructional media design students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #57 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for instructional media students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Instructional Media Design

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Chicago the best value school in Illinois for instructional media design students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378 a year.

Full Instructional Media Design at Concordia University, Chicago Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

NIU graduate students pay an average of $11,390 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Northern Illinois University

#3

Aurora University

Aurora, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aurora University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Aurora, Aurora is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Aurora are $14,100 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Aurora is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Western Illinois University is a great value for instructional media design students working on their master’s degree. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WIU are $12,182 per year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Western Illinois University

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a great value for instructional media design students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a fairly large student population.

SIUE graduate students pay an average of $9,316 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

#6

Dominican University

River Forest, IL

Dominican University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree instructional media design programs. Dominican U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Dominican U are $20,413 per year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Dominican University

Best Value Instructional Media Design Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 222
Ohio 159
Indiana 388
Wisconsin 22

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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