Missouri·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-9031

Best Instructional Coordinator programs in Missouri, 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.

19 schools in Missouri run programs that feed this job, graduating 643 people a year. The job pays a median of $72,080 in Missouri across about 3,110 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledCurriculum CoordinatorInstructional DesignerInstructional TechnologistCurriculum and Instruction DirectorCourse DeveloperCurriculum ManagerCurriculum DesignerCurriculum Director
Graduates / yr
643
in Missouri
Median pay · Missouri
$72,080
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
3,110
people employed
Schools
19
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
55%
across those schools
Median net price
$22,203
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Missouri that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

2 programs in Missouri that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Missouri (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 Missouri page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 13.0301In Missouri
521
81.0%
15$45,004$27,000
2
CIP 13.0501In Missouri
122
19.0%
9$40,786$33,629

Top 19 schools in Missouri

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 19 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO Public · 1 feeder programs
167Curriculum and Instruction75%78%
2Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO Public · 2 feeder programs
150Curriculum and Instruction54%86%
3Evangel University
Springfield, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
65Curriculum and Instruction65%$17,88172%
4University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO Public · 1 feeder programs
38Educational/Instructional Technology54%64%
5Missouri State University - Springfield
Springfield, MO Public · 2 feeder programs
34Educational/Instructional Technology58%91%
6Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
33Curriculum and Instruction49%$17,43657%
7William Woods University
Fulton, MO Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
25Curriculum and Instruction47%$22,20371%
8Columbia College
Columbia, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
24Curriculum and Instruction42%$23,247
9Culver - Stockton College
Canton, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
24Curriculum and Instruction39%$21,26999%
10Avila University
Kansas City, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
17Curriculum and Instruction52%$16,72188%
11Missouri Southern State University
Joplin, MO Public · 2 feeder programs
16Curriculum and Instruction42%97%
12University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO Public · 1 feeder programs
14Curriculum and Instruction55%72%
13Missouri Baptist University
Saint Louis, MO Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
12Curriculum and Instruction48%$25,40769%
14Park University
Parkville, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
8Educational/Instructional Technology38%$16,013
15Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
7Curriculum and Instruction80%$24,88675%
16Maryville University of Saint Louis
Saint Louis, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
3Curriculum and Instruction66%$24,92195%
17Westminster College
Fulton, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
3Curriculum and Instruction55%$25,18579%
18Webster University
Saint Louis, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2Educational/Instructional Technology64%$25,09086%
19Drury University
Springfield, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Educational/Instructional Technology62%$20,48258%

All 19 schools in Missouri

Every school in Missouri 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.

All schools in Missouri that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of Missouri - ColumbiaColumbiaPublic1671
Northwest Missouri State UniversityMaryvillePublic1502
Evangel UniversitySpringfieldPrivate not-for-profit651
University of Central MissouriWarrensburgPublic381
Missouri State University - SpringfieldSpringfieldPublic342
Lindenwood UniversitySaint CharlesPrivate not-for-profit331
William Woods UniversityFultonPrivate not-for-profit252
Columbia CollegeColumbiaPrivate not-for-profit241
Culver - Stockton CollegeCantonPrivate not-for-profit241
Avila UniversityKansas CityPrivate not-for-profit171
Missouri Southern State UniversityJoplinPublic162
University of Missouri - Kansas CityKansas CityPublic141
Missouri Baptist UniversitySaint LouisPrivate not-for-profit122
Park UniversityParkvillePrivate not-for-profit81
Saint Louis UniversitySaint LouisPrivate not-for-profit71

What instructional coordinators earn in Missouri

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Missouri
$72,080
Mean annual
$73,360
Jobs in state
3,110
What the range looks like
10th pct$48,410Median$72,08090th pct$103,690
Versus the national median
-6.9%

U.S. median $77,440. Missouri pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.72×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Missouri

Kansas City, MO-KS
$76,050median
1,140 jobs
St. Louis, MO-IL
$76,340median
1,300 jobs
St. Joseph, MO-KS
$63,920median
40 jobs
Springfield, MO
$64,600median
310 jobs
Jefferson City, MO
$64,480median
60 jobs
Joplin, MO-KS
$61,560median
90 jobs
Columbia, MO
$61,730median
220 jobs
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
$61,790median
60 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+1.3%
Little or no change
Openings per year
21,900
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
2,900
232,600 → 235,500
Typical entry education
Master's degree

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

Learning StrategiesSpeakingWritingMonitoringActive ListeningReading Comprehension

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Missouri

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 Missouri.

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 521 degrees in Missouri in 2024-25, 81.0% 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 643 people a year in Missouri.

How much do instructional coordinators earn in Missouri?+

The median is $72,080 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 6.9% 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 Missouri?+

19 institutions in Missouri 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.

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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 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected 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 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, 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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