2022 Best Value Colleges for Broadcast Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Broadcast Journalism is the 434th most popular major in the country with 920 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 2 broadcast journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality broadcast journalism programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the broadcast journalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois broadcast journalism students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Broadcast Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$21,998 Average Net Price

$49,122 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Broadcast Journalism Schools in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 2 ’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Broadcast Journalism Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend UIUC is $21,998 for Illinois Broadcast Journalism students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Broadcast Journalism at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Best Value Colleges for Broadcast Journalism (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Colleges for Broadcast Journalism (Income $75-$110k)

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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