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2022 Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
72 Degrees Awarded
$23,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 920 people earned their degree in broadcast journalism, making the major the 434th most popular in the United States.

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 $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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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Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Broadcast Journalism (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 52 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $19,663 for plains states region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Broadcast Journalism at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. 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.

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. It costs about $19,300 for plains states region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Minnesota State University - 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%.

Full MSU Moorhead Broadcast Journalism Report

#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 $75-$110k. Drake is a small school located in Des Moines, Iowa that handed out 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 $30,031 for plains states region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Drake University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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.

Read full report on Broadcast Journalism at Drake University

#4

Evangel University

Springfield, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Evangel University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Evangel University is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees to qualified students.

Evangel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $23,901 for plains states region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Evangel University.

The low student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.

Full Evangel Broadcast Journalism Report

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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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