2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 10,951 people earned their degree in communication and media studies, making the major the 74th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 229 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region doctor’s degree media studies students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s media studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU - Boulder, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at CU - Boulder

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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