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2022 Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
72 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Broadcast Journalism is the 434th most popular major in the country with 920 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 72 broadcast journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 broadcast journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in broadcast journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent broadcast journalism programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the broadcast journalism program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Broadcast Journalism (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UNL is $12,216 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Broadcast Journalism students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Broadcast Journalism at UNL

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Moorhead, Minnesota, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Moorhead, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend MSU Moorhead is $12,484 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Broadcast Journalism students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Broadcast Journalism at MSU Moorhead

#3

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Drake also made our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $25,212 for plains states region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Drake University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Broadcast Journalism at Drake University

#4

Evangel University

Springfield, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Evangel University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Evangel University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 8 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Evangel, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $21,243 for plains states region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Evangel University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Broadcast Journalism at Evangel University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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