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2023 Most Popular Instructional Media Design Schools in the Great Lakes Region

43 Colleges
$52,021 Avg Salary
$25,875 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Instructional Media Design 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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Instructional Media Design Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 43 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Instructional Media Design program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Instructional Media Design Colleges.

#1

American College of Education

Indianapolis, IN

Our 2023 rankings named American College of Education the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for instructional media design students. Located in the city of Indianapolis, American College of Education is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Instructional Media Design Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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#3

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

The excellent programs at Purdue University Global helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best instructional media design schools in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue University Global is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

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#4

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Out of the 43 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.

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#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Out of the 43 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

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With a ranking of #6, Northern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for instructional media design students. NIU is a large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

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#7

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Concordia University, Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for instructional media design students. It came in at #7 on the list. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

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Wright State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Instructional Media Design Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Wright State University - Main Campus is a large public school located in the large suburb of Dayton.

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With a ranking of #9, Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for instructional media design students. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

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#9

Aurora University

Aurora, IL

Aurora University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Instructional Media Design Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Aurora is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Aurora.

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Best Instructional Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best instructional media design schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 222
Illinois 181
Ohio 159
Indiana 388
Wisconsin 22

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

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 26 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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