2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television in California
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Radio & Television is the 132nd most popular major in the country with 6,960 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across California, there were 2,324 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,145 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in radio and television. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent radio and television 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 radio and television 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 TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California.
Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television in California
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Northridge landed the #1 spot on the list. California State University - Northridge is located in Northridge, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 396 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.
CSUN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend CSUN is $8,414 for California Bachelor’s Degree TV students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California list. San Francisco State University is a large school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 190 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.
SFSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $15,113 for California Bachelor’s Degree TV students per year to attend SFSU.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Fullerton. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California. California State University - Fullerton is located in Fullerton, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 189 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.
Cal State Fullerton also made our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend California State University - Fullerton is $7,991 for california bachelor’s degree tv students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, 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 89%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California list. Located in San Jose, California, this large public school awarded 51 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s TV students in 2019-2020.
San Jose State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $14,928 for California Bachelor’s Degree TV students per year to attend San Jose State University.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Monterey Bay. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California. California State University - Monterey Bay is located in Seaside, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 63 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.
CSUMB also made our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend California State University - Monterey Bay is $12,212 for California Bachelor’s Degree TV students.
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%.
San Diego State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California ranking. This large school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SDSU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SDSU is $14,788 for california bachelor’s degree tv students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
California State University - Los Angeles ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California list. California State University - Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 154 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.
Cal State LA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend California State University - Los Angeles is $2,768 for california bachelor’s degree tv students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of La Verne landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California ranking. La Verne, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s TV degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our california bachelor’s degree tv students list, ULV has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $25,780 for california bachelor’s degree tv students per year to attend ULV.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Pepperdine University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California ranking, coming in at #9. Pepperdine University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Malibu, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our california bachelor’s degree tv students list, Pepperdine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pepperdine is $36,996 for California Bachelor’s Degree TV students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, 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%.
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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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