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

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

Across Massachusetts, there were 230 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 210 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,887 and $24,387 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts bachelor’s degree tv students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television in Massachusetts

#1

Suffolk University

Boston, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$30,701 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Suffolk University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s TV students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Suffolk, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. It costs about $30,701 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree TV students per year to attend Suffolk University.

The low student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.

Read full report on Radio & Television at Suffolk

#2

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$45,365 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emerson College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s TV students in 2019-2020.

Emerson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. The yearly cost to attend Emerson College is $45,365 for massachusetts bachelor’s degree tv students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Emerson Radio & Television Report

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$30,259 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s TV degrees to 196 students in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. The yearly cost to attend Boston University is $30,259 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree TV students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Boston U 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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