2025 Best Broadcast Journalism Schools in the Southeast Region
4Colleges in the Southeast Region
184Broadcast Journalism Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in broadcast journalism, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #457 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for broadcast journalism students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 184 degrees in broadcast journalism annually.
Your choice of broadcast journalism school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Broadcast Journalism School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Broadcast Journalism Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Broadcast Journalism in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of broadcast journalism degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Broadcast Journalism
Any student who is interested in broadcast journalism needs to check out University of South Carolina - Columbia. UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were about 41 broadcast journalism students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in broadcast journalism needs to check out University of Miami. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Coral Gables. A Best Colleges rank of #175 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U Miami is a great university overall.
There were about 25 broadcast journalism students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent year we have data available.
Western Kentucky University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in broadcast journalism. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 36 broadcast journalism students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Northern Kentucky University if you wish to pursue a degree in broadcast journalism. NKU is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Highland Heights. This university ranks 5th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 30 broadcast journalism students who graduated with this degree at NKU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of broadcast journalism school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Broadcast Journalism School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
