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Broadcasting Schools in Chicago

Chicago, IL (population: 2,878,948) has twelve broadcasting schools within its city limits. Loyola University Chicago, the highest ranked school in the city with a broadcasting program, has a total student population of 15,879. It is the 144th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Illinois (#1 is Northwestern University).

Broadcasting students from Chicago 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 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area alone, there are 60 employed broadcast news analysts earning an average salary of $99,810. Broadcast technicians in this area earn $43,230/yr and there are 1,160 employed.

Chicago lies in Cook county, which is one of the 49 counties in Illinois. Overall, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area has 3,669,800 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,910 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Chicago are held by broadcast technicians, and 0/1000 are held by broadcast news analysts.

Of the 12 broadcasting schools in Chicago, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago comes out as the most expensive ($28,726/yr) for broadcasting students, with City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College as the lowest, reported at only $7,071/yr.

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