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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television in Pennsylvania

5 Ranked Colleges
257 Degrees Awarded
$23,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Radio & Television is the 132nd most popular major in the country with 6,960 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 289 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 257 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in radio and television. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality radio and television programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the radio and television program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television in Pennsylvania

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #1 spot on the list. Temple University is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 233 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The yearly cost to attend Temple is $23,521 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree TV students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Radio & Television at Temple University

#2

University of Pittsburgh - Bradford

Bradford, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Bradford. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. Bradford, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s TV degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pitt Bradford, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Pittsburgh - Bradford is $18,906 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree TV students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Radio & Television at University of Pittsburgh - Bradford

#3

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Point Park University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania. This small school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

Point Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The yearly cost to attend Point Park University is $21,470 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree tv students.

Full Point Park University Radio & Television Report

#4

Westminster College Pennsylvania

New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Pennsylvania. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania. Westminster College Pennsylvania is located in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.

Westminster New Wilmington also took the #3 spot in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $20,172 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree tv students per year to attend Westminster College Pennsylvania.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Radio & Television at Westminster New Wilmington

#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

Drexel also made our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Drexel University is $34,914 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree tv students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 Drexel Radio & Television 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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