2024 Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
6Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
222Media Studies Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in communication & media studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #82 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of communication & media studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 222 degrees in communication & media studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Communication & Media Studies School
The media studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Communication & Media Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Communication & Media Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Communication & Media Studies Rankings by Degree Level
The media studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.
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Best Schools for Communication & Media Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the media studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Media Studies
Any student who is interested in communication & media studies has to take a look at University of Colorado Boulder. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Boulder. A Best Colleges rank of #115 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were approximately 29 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Denver is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in communication & media studies. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #126 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means DU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 9 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at DU in the most recent year we have data available.
Brigham Young University - Provo is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in communication & media studies. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were about 95 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in communication & media studies has to check out Dixie State University. Located in the city of Saint George, Dixie State College is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 20 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Dixie State College in the most recent year we have data available.
Colorado State University - Pueblo is a moderately-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Pueblo. This university ranks 27th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 30 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State University - Pueblo in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Grand Junction, Colorado Mesa is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 28th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 22 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Colorado Mesa in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).