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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television in the Southwest Region

10 Ranked Colleges
923 Degrees Awarded
$16,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 1,086 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 923 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered 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.

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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Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of North Texas is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 220 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.

UNT also took the #3 spot in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNT is $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree tv students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Radio & Television at University of North Texas

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 109 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree tv students list, Texas State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree tv students.

Full Texas State University Radio & Television Report

#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 62 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston is $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree tv students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full UH Radio & Television Report

#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 95 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree TV students per year to attend Texas Tech University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Radio & Television at Texas Tech

#5

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #5 spot on the list. SHSU is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU also made our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend SHSU is $14,617 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree TV students.

Full Sam Houston State University Radio & Television Report

#6

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#7 in overall quality

Northern Arizona University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Northern Arizona University is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree tv students list, NAU has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree TV students.

Read full report on Radio & Television at NAU

#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on the 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 5 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,017 for southwest region bachelor’s degree tv students per year to attend Texas A&M Commerce.

Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Radio & Television Report

#8

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas
#10 in overall quality

Texas Southern University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 35 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s TV students in 2019-2020.

TSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for TSU is $19,430 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree TV students.

Read more about Radio & Television at TSU

#1 in overall quality

The University of Texas at Austin ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 315 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree tv students per year to attend The University of Texas at Austin.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full The University of Texas at Austin Radio & Television Report

#10

University of the Incarnate Word

San Antonio, Texas
#9 in overall quality

University of the Incarnate Word did quite well in the 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. UIW is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIW, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of the Incarnate Word is $24,784 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree TV students.

Full University of the Incarnate Word 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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