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2023 Best Value Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$25,527 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,916 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication School for You

Radio, Television & Digital Communication is the #104 most popular major in California with 161 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for digital communication students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Radio, Television & Digital Communication Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Radio, Television & Digital Communication Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Radio, TV & Digital Communication

$14,417 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Santa Barbara the best value school in California for radio, television and digital communication students. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara.

UCSB undergraduate students pay an average of $14,417 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCSB also did well on our Best Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$14,645 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in California list. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

UC Davis undergraduate students pay an average of $14,645 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA
$7,304 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SFSU are $7,304 per year.

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$6,995 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - East Bay. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cal State East Bay are $6,995 a year.

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$14,226 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 8 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 5 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Berkeley are $14,226 per year.

UC Berkeley did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in California list.

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#6

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA
$59,702 Average Tuition & Fees

Pepperdine University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value radio, television and digital communication programs. Located in the suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pepperdine are $59,702 per year.

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$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Southern California landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value radio, television and digital communication programs. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USC are $61,503 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, USC also did well on our Best Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#8

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA
$25,424 Average Tuition & Fees

Academy of Art University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Academy of Art University undergraduate students pay an average of $25,424 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Radio, Television & Digital Communication Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Radio, Television & Digital Communication Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 94
Oregon 12

Radio, Television & Digital Communication is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 5,059
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Journalism 1,238
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

  • 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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