Best Instructional Coordinator programs in Indiana, ranked by enrollment
Develop instructional material, coordinate educational content, and incorporate current technology into instruction in order to provide guidelines to educators and instructors for developing curricula and conducting courses.
11 schools in Indiana run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,972 people a year. The job pays a median of $66,300 in Indiana across about 2,640 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Indiana that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
2 programs in Indiana that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Indiana (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Indiana page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curriculum and Instructionmain feeder CIP 13.0301In Indiana → | 1,396 | 70.8% | 9 | $45,004 | $27,000 |
| 2 | Educational/Instructional Technologymain feeder CIP 13.0501In Indiana → | 576 | 29.2% | 5 | $40,786 | $33,629 |
Top 11 schools in Indiana
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 11 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American College of Education Indianapolis, IN Private for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 1,511 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Purdue University - Main Campus West Lafayette, IN Public · 1 feeder programs | 158 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 83% | — | 50% |
| 3 | University of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 88 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 56% | $18,930 | 66% |
| 4 | Indiana University - Bloomington Bloomington, IN Public · 2 feeder programs | 69 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 80% | — | 78% |
| 5 | Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN Public · 1 feeder programs | 58 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 50% | — | — |
| 6 | Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global Marion, IN Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 33 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 35% | $18,316 | — |
| 7 | Ball State University Muncie, IN Public · 1 feeder programs | 23 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 62% | — | 85% |
| 8 | Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN Public · 1 feeder programs | 19 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 43% | — | 81% |
| 9 | University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN Public · 1 feeder programs | 10 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 48% | — | 96% |
| 10 | Indiana University - Kokomo Kokomo, IN Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Curriculum and Instruction | — | 46% | — | 86% |
| 11 | Indiana University - East Richmond, IN Public · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Educational/Instructional Technology | — | 40% | — | 67% |
All 11 schools in Indiana
Every school in Indiana with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American College of Education | Indianapolis | Private for-profit | 1,511 | 2 |
| Purdue University - Main Campus | West Lafayette | Public | 158 | 1 |
| University of Indianapolis | Indianapolis | Private not-for-profit | 88 | 1 |
| Indiana University - Bloomington | Bloomington | Public | 69 | 2 |
| Purdue University Global | West Lafayette | Public | 58 | 1 |
| Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global | Marion | Private not-for-profit | 33 | 2 |
| Ball State University | Muncie | Public | 23 | 1 |
| Indiana State University | Terre Haute | Public | 19 | 1 |
| University of Southern Indiana | Evansville | Public | 10 | 1 |
| Indiana University - Kokomo | Kokomo | Public | 2 | 1 |
| Indiana University - East | Richmond | Public | 1 | 1 |
What instructional coordinators earn in Indiana
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $77,440. Indiana pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Indiana
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Instructional Coordinators page.
How to become a Instructional Coordinator
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Master's degree
- Work experience needed
- 5 years or more
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Indiana
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 2 majors mapped to Instructional Coordinators2 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 13.0301Curriculum and Instruction
- 13.0501Educational/Instructional Technology
Common questions
Answers for people weighing instructional coordinators programs in Indiana.
What degree do you need to become an Instructional Coordinator?+
Master's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Curriculum and Instruction, which awarded 1,396 degrees in Indiana in 2024-25, 70.8% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming an Instructional Coordinator?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Curriculum and Instruction, Educational/Instructional Media Design. Together they graduate about 1,972 people a year in Indiana.
How much do instructional coordinators earn in Indiana?+
The median is $66,300 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 14.4% below the U.S. median of $77,440. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for instructional coordinators growing?+
BLS projects a +1.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 21,900 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Indiana?+
11 institutions in Indiana reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do instructional coordinators work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Curriculum Coordinator, Instructional Designer, Instructional Technologist, Curriculum and Instruction Director among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-9031.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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