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If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the instructional media design degrees they offer, see the list below.
Leading the list is Indiana University Bloomington, our #1 school for instructional media design. Set in the city of Bloomington, Indiana University Bloomington is a very large public institution. About 80% of students finish within six years. Indiana University Bloomington awarded about 28 instructional media design degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their instructional media design degree from Indiana University Bloomington earn around $52,123 in the first couple years of their career. Students borrow a median of $20,542 to complete this degree.
Read more about the instructional media design program at Indiana University Bloomington
Purdue University Global is one of the finest schools in the country for a degree in instructional media design, ranking #2. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue University Global is a very large public university. About 33% of students finish within six years. There were roughly 83 instructional media design students who graduated with this degree at Purdue University Global in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, instructional media design degree recipients from Purdue University Global generally make around $68,411. Students borrow a median of $36,778 to complete this degree.
Read more about the instructional media design program at Purdue University Global
Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 7 schools evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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