2025 Best Broadcast Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region
3Colleges in the Southwest Region
147Broadcast Journalism Degrees Awarded
A degree in broadcast journalism is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #457 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Broadcast Journalism Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 147 degrees in broadcast journalism to qualified students.
Your choice of broadcast journalism school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Broadcast Journalism School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Broadcast Journalism in the Southwest Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the broadcast journalism degree levels they offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Broadcast Journalism
It's hard to beat University of North Texas if you wish to pursue a degree in broadcast journalism. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 50 broadcast journalism students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a great option for students interested in a degree in broadcast journalism. Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #191 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Oklahoma is a great university overall.
There were about 45 broadcast journalism students who graduated with this degree at University of Oklahoma in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of Central Oklahoma if you wish to pursue a degree in broadcast journalism. UCO is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Edmond. This university ranks 8th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were about 30 broadcast journalism students who graduated with this degree at UCO in the most recent year we have data available.
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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