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

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

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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.

This year’s “Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in broadcast journalism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great broadcast journalism programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Broadcast Journalism (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#2 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 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 estimated yearly cost for UNL is $16,197 for plains states region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read more about Broadcast Journalism at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. MSU Moorhead is a public institution located in Moorhead, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead also made our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $15,002 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Broadcast Journalism students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend MSU Moorhead.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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 $48-$75k. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s broadcast journalism students in 2019-2020.

Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Drake is $26,589 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Broadcast Journalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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#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 $48-$75k. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s broadcast journalism students in 2019-2020.

Evangel not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Evangel University is $23,018 for plains states region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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