2025 Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama

Radio, Television & Digital Communication is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #45 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for radio, television & digital communication students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 175 bachelor's degrees in radio, television & digital communication during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on radio, television & digital communication students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other radio, television & digital communication students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt radio, television & digital communication students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized radio, television & digital communication related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for radio, television & digital communication students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Radio, Television & Digital Communication in Alabama

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in radio, television & digital communication.

Top Alabama Schools for a Bachelor's in Digital Communication

1

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

99 Annual Graduates

$31,911 Median Starting Salary

$48,904 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in radio, television & digital communication needs to take a look at The University of Alabama. Located in the city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Soon after graduating, digital communication bachelor's recipients usually make about $31,911 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in radio, television & digital communication from The University of Alabama

2

Troy University
Troy, AL

56 Annual Graduates

$29,917 Median Starting Salary

Troy University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in radio, television & digital communication. Located in the town of Troy, TROY is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the digital communication program earn about $29,917 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a bachelor’s in radio, television & digital communication from Troy University

Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	799
Georgia	224	820
Tennessee	220	45
North Carolina	213	169
Virginia	213	94
South Carolina	195	97
Kentucky	187	127
Louisiana	171	20
Mississippi	169	368
Arkansas	167	39

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Radio, Television & Digital Communication Related Rankings by Major

One of 5 majors within the Communication & Journalism area of study, Radio, Television & Digital Communication has other similar majors worth exploring.

Digital Communication Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Radio, Television, & Digital Communication	99
Radio & Television	76

Most Popular Majors Related to Digital Communication

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	588
Public Relations & Advertising	410
Journalism	205
Communication & Journalism (Other)	16

Notes and References

• 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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