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

4 Ranked Colleges
72 Degrees Awarded
$21,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Broadcast Journalism in the Plains States Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #1 spot on the list. MSU Moorhead is located in Moorhead, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees to qualified students.

MSU Moorhead also took the #3 spot in our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Minnesota State University - Moorhead is $16,893 for plains states region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full MSU Moorhead Broadcast Journalism Report

#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 #2 for the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 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 yearly cost to attend UNL is $17,208 for plains states region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students.

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

Read full report on Broadcast Journalism at UNL

#3

Evangel University

Springfield, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Evangel University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

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 $22,837 for plains states region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students per year to attend Evangel.

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 University Broadcast Journalism Report

#4

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 #4 for the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Drake University is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees to qualified students.

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. It costs about $29,432 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Broadcast Journalism students per year to attend Drake.

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. 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%.

Read more about Broadcast Journalism at Drake 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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