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2023 Best Value Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$20,547 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,764 Avg Salary

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

Radio, Television & Digital Communication is the #80 most popular major in the country with 2,562 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Radio, Television & Digital Communication Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the digital communication programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the Southwest Region for radio, television and digital communication students. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Skysong are $13,092 per year.

ASU - Skysong excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Arizona State University - Skysong Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SHSU are $18,752 per year.

Full Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Sam Houston State University Report

$20,906 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of North Texas helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best radio, television and digital communication schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNT are $20,906 per year.

Read full report on Radio, Television & Digital Communication at University of North Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Austin are $40,996 a year.

UT Austin also made our Best Radio, TV & Digital Communication Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Radio, Television & Digital Communication at The University of Texas at Austin

The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best radio, television and digital communication schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 per year.

Full Radio, Television & Digital Communication at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Colleges by State

Explore the best radio, television and digital communication schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 54
Arizona 210

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

Majors Similar to Digital Communication

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 5 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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