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2022 Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
164 Degrees Awarded
$14,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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” 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” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Broadcast Journalism in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. 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.

UNT also took the #2 spot in our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Broadcast Journalism students per year to attend UNT.

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

Read full report on Broadcast Journalism at University of North Texas

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 49 degrees to qualified bachelors’s broadcast journalism students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also took the #1 spot in our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.

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.

Full University of Oklahoma Broadcast Journalism Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UCO is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 42 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UCO is $16,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students.

Read more about Broadcast Journalism at University of Central Oklahoma

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. 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. It costs about $12,761 for southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students per year to attend West Texas A&M University.

Read more about Broadcast Journalism at West Texas A&M University

#5

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cameron University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Lawton, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students list, Cameron University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cameron University is $7,952 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Broadcast Journalism students.

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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