California contains 153 schools that offer broadcasting programs. University of Southern California, the highest-ranking broadcasting school in CA, has a total student population of 34,824 and is the 10th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 153 broadcasting schools in California, only 16 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Santa Clara University comes out as the most expensive ($35,245/yr), with California State University-Fullerton as the lowest recorded at only $4,874/yr.
Broadcasting students from California schools who go on to become broadcast technicians, reporters, news reporters, news anchors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 31,220 people working as broadcast technicians alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $38,330. Also, Broadcast news analysts make on average $67,990 per year and there are about 5,820 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the California alone, there are 540 employed broadcast news analysts earning an average yearly salary of $"*". Broadcast technicians in this state earn $38,370/yr and there are 3,350 employed.
Also, within the broadcasting schools in California, the average student population is 4,206 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from broadcasting, there are 18354 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,230 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $1,817, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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