2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value TV Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,405 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

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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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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value TV Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value TV Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value TV Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Western Illinois University is a public institution located in Macomb, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WIU also made our “Best Radio & Television Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Illinois University are $11,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Radio & Television at WIU

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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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