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2022 Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
164 Degrees Awarded
$11,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 165 broadcast journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 164 broadcast journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the broadcast journalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Broadcast Journalism (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees to 51 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $30-$48k list, UNT has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Texas is $9,082 for southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of North Texas Broadcast Journalism Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,285 for southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Broadcast Journalism at University of Oklahoma

#3

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cameron University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Lawton, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s broadcast journalism students in 2019-2020.

Cameron University also made our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Cameron University is $6,296 for southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Cameron University Broadcast Journalism Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #4 spot on the list. UCO is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 42 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO also made our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $13,381 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Broadcast Journalism students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Central Oklahoma.

Read full report on Broadcast Journalism at UCO

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large public school situated in Canyon, Texas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $10,146 for southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Broadcast Journalism at West Texas A&M 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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