2023 Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Broadcast Journalism for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Broadcast Journalism is the 457th most popular major in the country with 881 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 175 broadcast journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 172 broadcast journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Broadcast Journalism for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in broadcast journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality broadcast journalism programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the broadcast journalism program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Broadcast Journalism for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying broadcast journalism.

Top 3 Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, Oklahoma

12 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Broadcast Journalism for a Bachelor’s list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees to 59 students in 2020-2021.

University of Oklahoma also took the #1 spot in our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus supports 27,772 students, and 12 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 10 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,720. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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2

University of North Texas
Denton, Texas

2,038 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Broadcast Journalism for a Bachelor’s. University of North Texas is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 40 bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

UNT also made our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, University of North Texas supports 40,953 students, and 2,038 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,138 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,999. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UNT]](/colleges/university-of-north-texas/student-life/veterans/)

3

University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, Oklahoma

934 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Broadcast Journalism for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #3 spot on the list. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s broadcast journalism degrees to 44 students in 2020-2021.

UCO also made our “Best Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3.Among the 14,132 students enrolled at University of Central Oklahoma, 934 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 428 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,062. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full UCO Veteran Student Life 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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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