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Broadcasting Schools in Virginia

Virginia contains 27 schools that offer broadcasting programs. Washington and Lee University, the highest-ranking broadcasting school in VA, has a total student population of 2,153 and is the 47th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 27 broadcasting schools in Virginia, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Washington comes out as the most expensive ($42,518/yr), with Southwest Virginia Community College as the lowest recorded at only $6,355/yr.

Broadcasting students from Virginia 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 Virginia alone, there are 240 employed broadcast news analysts earning an average yearly salary of $77,680. Broadcast technicians in this state earn $31,930/yr and there are 760 employed.

Also, within the broadcasting schools in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from broadcasting, there are 3782 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Virginia Interesting Facts

• Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
• The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.
• Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
• Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
• Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".

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