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2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

9 Ranked Colleges
1,145 Degrees Awarded
$11,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Making $0-$30k

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 TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Radio & Television is the 132nd most popular major in the country with 6,960 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 2,324 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,145 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in radio and television. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent radio and television 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 and television program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television (Income $0-$30k) in California

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Los Angeles landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 154 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california bachelor’s degree tv students whose families make $0-$30k list, Cal State LA has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $1,379 for California Bachelor’s Degree TV students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend California State University - Los Angeles.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

Read full report on Radio & Television at Cal State LA

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Fullerton landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fullerton, California, this large public school handed out 189 degrees to qualified bachelors’s TV students in 2019-2020.

Cal State Fullerton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for California State University - Fullerton is $4,291 for california bachelor’s degree tv students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Radio & Television at California State University - Fullerton

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Northridge landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Northridge, California, and it awarded 396 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

CSUN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for California State University - Northridge is $5,945 for california bachelor’s degree tv students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full California State University - Northridge Radio & Television Report

#4

San Diego State University

San Diego, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. San Diego State University is a public institution located in San Diego, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SDSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend San Diego State University is $8,870 for California Bachelor’s Degree TV students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Radio & Television at San Diego State University

#5

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco State University landed the #5 spot on the list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s TV degrees to 190 students in 2019-2020.

SFSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $11,123 for california bachelor’s degree tv students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend San Francisco State University.

Read full report on Radio & Television at SFSU

#9 in overall quality

California State University - Monterey Bay ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Seaside, California, and it awarded 63 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

CSUMB also made our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend CSUMB is $7,688 for california bachelor’s degree tv students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.

Read full report on Radio & Television at CSUMB

#7

San Jose State University

San Jose, California
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, San Jose State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in San Jose, California, this large public school awarded 51 degrees to qualified bachelors’s TV students in 2019-2020.

San Jose State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $10,940 for California Bachelor’s Degree TV students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend San Jose State.

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 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Radio & Television at San Jose State University

#8

University of La Verne

La Verne, California
#8 in overall quality

University of La Verne came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. ULV is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Verne, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ULV, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of La Verne is $21,297 for california bachelor’s degree tv students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Radio & Television at ULV

#9

Pepperdine University

Malibu, California
#1 in overall quality

Pepperdine University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. Pepperdine is located in Malibu, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.

Pepperdine also made our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Pepperdine University is $31,185 for California Bachelor’s Degree TV students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Radio & Television at Pepperdine

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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).
  • 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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