2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television in the Southeast Region
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Radio & Television is the 131st most popular major in the country with 6,559 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 557 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 504 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer a degree in radio and television. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their radio and television program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree tv students.
Top 18 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television in the Southeast Region
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida-Online landed the #1 spot on the list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s TV degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Radio & Television at University of Florida-Online
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region list. Elon is located in Elon, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Radio & Television at Elon
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Montevallo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Montevallo is a small school located in Montevallo, Alabama that handed out 10 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Montevallo Radio & Television Report
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Appalachian State is a large public school situated in Boone, North Carolina. It awarded 55 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 Appalachian State Radio & Television Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Florida is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 167 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Full University of Florida Radio & Television Report
Troy University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Troy, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s TV degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
Full TROY Radio & Television Report
University of Kentucky came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Kentucky is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UK Radio & Television Report
With a ranking of #8, Eastern Kentucky University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region list. Eastern is a fairly large school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 16 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Radio & Television at Eastern
With a ranking of #9, Southeastern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region list. SEU is located in Lakeland, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.
Full SEU Radio & Television Report
Murray State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Murray State University is located in Murray, Kentucky and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Radio & Television at Murray State
Western Kentucky University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Western Kentucky University is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It awarded 16 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Radio & Television at Western Kentucky University
University of Central Florida came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Orlando, Florida, this large public school handed out 67 degrees to qualified bachelors’s TV students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 UCF Radio & Television Report
Barry University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Miami, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s TV degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Radio & Television at Barry University
John Brown University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region list. JBU is a small school located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas that handed out 1 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 JBU Radio & Television Report
Campbell University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region list. Campbell University is a medium-sized school located in Buies Creek, North Carolina that handed out 3 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Radio & Television at Campbell University
Savannah College of Art and Design ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region list. Savannah College of Art and Design is located in Savannah, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 Savannah College of Art and Design Radio & Television Report
Campbellsville University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #17. Campbellsville University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Campbellsville, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Radio & Television at Campbellsville University
With a ranking of #18, Bob Jones University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on TV Major in the Southeast Region list. Bob Jones University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greenville, South Carolina. It awarded 0 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Radio & Television at Bob Jones University
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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