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2022 Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 $48-$75k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in broadcast journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality broadcast journalism programs that also have a lower cost than 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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The broadcast journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Broadcast Journalism (Income $48-$75k) 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 $48-$75k list. University of North Texas is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 51 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees to qualified students.

UNT also made our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $15,377 for southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UNT.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UNT 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 $48-$75k 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.

University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,812 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Broadcast Journalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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 full report on Broadcast Journalism at University of Oklahoma

#4 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #3 spot on the list. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at West Texas A&M University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for West Texas A&M University is $11,101 for southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full West Texas A&M 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCO, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,693 for southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Central Oklahoma.

Read full report on Broadcast Journalism at UCO

#5

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 #5 for the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Cameron University is a small school located in Lawton, Oklahoma that handed out 12 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees 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 yearly cost to attend Cameron University is $10,325 for southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Broadcast Journalism at Cameron 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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