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2022 Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
97 Degrees Awarded
$31,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master's in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 68,079 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 1,220 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,200 and $25,482 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 97 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $110k) in Colorado

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k list. Greeley, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communications degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Northern Colorado, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k list. CU Anschutz is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also took the #3 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915.

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#3

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #3 spot on the list. UCCS is a fairly large school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that handed out 10 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

UCCS also took the #5 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are $25,774, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k list. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 masters’s communications degrees to qualified students.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k. University of Colorado Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s communications degrees to qualified students.

CU - Boulder not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of Colorado Boulder

#6

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

With a ranking of #6, University of Denver did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Communications Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s communications degrees to 43 students in 2019-2020.

DU also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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