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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

4 Ranked Colleges
62 Degrees Awarded
Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 84 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the radio and television program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio & Television (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Central Missouri is a medium-sized school located in Warrensburg, Missouri that handed out 42 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

UCM also took the #3 spot in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UCM is $13,977 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree TV students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Radio & Television at UCM

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northwestern - St Paul. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Northwestern is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Northwestern is $16,780 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree TV students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 University of Northwestern - St Paul

#3

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lindenwood University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Charles, Missouri that handed out 1 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

Lindenwood University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,340 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree TV students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Lindenwood University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Radio & Television at Lindenwood University

#4

Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value TV Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Ambrose University landed the #4 spot on the list. St. Ambrose University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Davenport, Iowa. It awarded 3 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree tv students whose families make $48-$75k list, St. Ambrose University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St. Ambrose University is $27,002 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree TV students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Radio & Television at St. Ambrose University

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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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