2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 1,405 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great radio and television programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the radio and television program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value TV Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value TV Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. WIU is a medium-sized school located in Macomb, Illinois that handed out 6 masters’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

WIU also made our “Best Radio & Television Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WIU are $11,996.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television (Income $0-$30k)

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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