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Broadcasting Schools in Minnesota

Minnesota contains 42 schools that offer broadcasting programs. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, the highest-ranking broadcasting school in MN, has a total student population of 51,659 and is the 31st highest ranked school in America.

Of the 42 broadcasting schools in Minnesota, only 7 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institutes International Minnesota comes out as the most expensive ($28,338/yr), with Saint Cloud Technical College as the lowest recorded at only $7,116/yr.

Broadcasting students from Minnesota 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 Minnesota alone, there are 90 employed broadcast news analysts earning an average yearly salary of $52,220. Broadcast technicians in this state earn $40,310/yr and there are 610 employed.

Also, within the broadcasting schools in Minnesota, the average student population is 3,459 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. Aside from broadcasting, there are 5327 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,013 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $6,006, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Broadcasting Programs in Minnesota

• Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Minnesota Interesting Facts

• Minnesotan baseball commentator Halsey Hal was the first to say 'Holy Cow' during a baseball broadcast.
• The Mall of America in Bloomington is the size of 78 football fields --- 9.5 million square feet.
• "Minnesota Inventions: Masking and Scotch tape, Wheaties cereal, Bisquick, HMOs, the bundt pan, Aveda beauty products, and Green Giant vegetables"
• The St. Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959 allowing oceangoing ships to reach Duluth.
• Minneapolis is home to the oldest continuously running theater (Old Log Theater) and the largest dinner theater (Chanhassan Dinner Theater) in the country.

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