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2022 Best Value Journalism Schools in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
269 Degrees Awarded
$13,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Journalism Schools in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Journalism Schools in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Journalism is the 58th most popular major in the country with 12,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Colorado, there were 269 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general journalism programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general journalism program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Journalism Schools in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for General Journalism (Income $0-$30k) in Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Journalism Schools in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 129 ’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Journalism Schools in Colorado” list. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado State is $11,831 for colorado journalism students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about General Journalism at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Journalism Schools in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 70 diplomas to qualified ’s journalism students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also made our “Best General Journalism Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Colorado Boulder is $13,366 for colorado journalism students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full CU - Boulder General Journalism Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k list. Greeley, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s journalism degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Journalism Schools in Colorado” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Northern Colorado is $11,571 for colorado journalism students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on General Journalism at University of Northern Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Journalism Schools in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 24 ’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Denver not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Journalism Schools in Colorado” list. It costs about $11,531 for colorado journalism students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Read more about General Journalism at MSU Denver

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University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Journalism Schools in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k. DU is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 ’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Journalism Schools in Colorado” list. It costs about $19,659 for colorado journalism students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend DU.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Denver General Journalism Report

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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