2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication in the Southwest Region
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Radio, Television & Digital Communication is the 71st most popular major in the country with 17,036 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, radio, television and digital communication graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,530 and had an average of $23,273 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,883 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,188 and $22,579 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,590 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 23 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in radio, television and digital communication. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent radio, television and digital communication programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the radio, television and digital communication program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students.
Top 23 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s digital communication degrees to 140 students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Skysong also took the #5 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Skysong is $13,971 for southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students.
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Out of the 23 schools in the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Canyon, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.
West Texas A&M University also made our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #15. It costs about $12,761 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Digital Communication students per year to attend West Texas A&M University.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 220 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Digital Communication students per year to attend UNT.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 23 schools in the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s digital communication degrees to 193 students in 2019-2020.
Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of Houston is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 62 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Houston is $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 99 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students list, Texas Tech has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Digital Communication 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%.
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Sam Houston State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s digital communication degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
SHSU also took the #16 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students.
Rogers State University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Claremore, Oklahoma, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students list, RSU has also earned the #19 rank in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $16,087 for southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students per year to attend Rogers State University.
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Northern Arizona University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. NAU is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 45 bachelors’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.
NAU also took the #17 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,915 for southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students per year to attend NAU.
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Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students per year to attend Arizona State University - Tempe.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Arizona State University - Tempe Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report
The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s digital communication degrees to 62 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students list, UTEP has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,920 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Digital Communication students per year to attend The University of Texas at El Paso.
Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s digital communication degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Commerce, the school also landed the #20 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce is $13,017 for southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students.
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Texas Southern University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 35 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s digital communication students in 2019-2020.
TSU also took the #23 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Southern University is $19,430 for southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students.
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Dallas Baptist University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Dallas Baptist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s digital communication degrees to qualified students.
DBU also made our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #14. It costs about $26,387 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Digital Communication students per year to attend Dallas Baptist University.
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The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #15. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 315 bachelors’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UT Austin is $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Digital Communication students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Full UT Austin Radio, Television & Digital Communication Report
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 86 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Dallas is a large public school situated in Richardson, Texas. It awarded 30 bachelors’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Dallas is $15,232 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Digital Communication students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Oral Roberts University landed the #18 spot on the 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. ORU is a small school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 1 bachelors’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students list, ORU has also earned the #22 rank in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ORU is $22,248 for southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students.
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Abilene Christian University landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Abilene Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Abilene, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students list, Abilene Christian has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $26,809 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Digital Communication students per year to attend Abilene Christian.
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University of the Incarnate Word ranked #20 on this year’s Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s digital communication students in 2019-2020.
UIW also took the #21 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication 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 digital communication students.
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Baylor University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #21. Baylor University is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 56 bachelors’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.
Baylor also made our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor University is $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Digital Communication students.
The low 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Saint Edward’s University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #22. Located in Austin, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s digital communication students in 2019-2020.
St. Edward’s University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for St. Edward’s University is $24,833 for southwest region bachelor’s degree digital communication students.
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Texas Christian University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #23. Texas Christian University is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 46 bachelors’s digital communication degrees in 2019-2020.
TCU also made our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Texas Christian University is $36,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Digital Communication students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- 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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