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2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$21,338 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,661 Avg Salary

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

Instructional Media Design is the #34 most popular major in the country with 8,387 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Instructional Media Design Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Instructional Media Design

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for instructional media design students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BYU are $7,700 per year.

BYU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Brigham Young University - Provo

#2

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent master’s degree programs at Western Governors University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value instructional media design schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . WGU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WGU are $7,790 a year.

WGU also made our Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #4.

Full Instructional Media Design at Western Governors University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Utah State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value instructional media design schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USU are $23,225 a year.

Full Instructional Media Design at Utah State University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Boise State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value instructional media design schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Boise State graduate students pay an average of $26,558 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Boise State University

#5

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Idaho State University is a great value for instructional media design students working on their master’s degree. ISU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Pocatello.

ISU graduate students pay an average of $27,778 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Instructional Media Design at Idaho State University

Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best instructional media design schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 4
Utah 2,182
Idaho 76

Instructional Media Design is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

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 5 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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