by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Broadcast Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 881 people earned their degree in broadcast journalism, making the major the 457th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 21 broadcast journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 broadcast journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Broadcast Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in broadcast journalism. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in broadcast journalism.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree broadcast journalism students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Broadcast Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Wilberforce, Ohio, this medium-sized public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s broadcast journalism students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Broadcast Journalism at Central State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Findlay. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Broadcast Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Findlay is a small school located in Findlay, Ohio that handed out 1 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Broadcast Journalism at The University of Findlay
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Spring Arbor University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Broadcast Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Spring Arbor is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Spring Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 1 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Broadcast Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Ohio, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marietta College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Broadcast Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Marietta is a small school located in Marietta, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Broadcast Journalism at Marietta College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Broadcast Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Broadcast Journalism at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bluffton University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Broadcast Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Bluffton, Ohio, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Broadcast Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s broadcast journalism students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Broadcast Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baldwin Wallace University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Berea, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s broadcast journalism students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Broadcast Journalism at Baldwin Wallace University
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Broadcast Journalism Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Otterbein University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Westerville, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s broadcast journalism students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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