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2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
257 Degrees Awarded
$14,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor's in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” 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. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 257 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,261 and $25,672 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general journalism programs and cost less that 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 general journalism program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income $30-$48k) in Colorado

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 129 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. It costs about $11,890 for colorado bachelor’s degree journalism students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Journalism at Colorado State

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #2 spot on the list. CU - Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 62 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado bachelor’s degree journalism students whose families make $30-$48k list, CU - Boulder has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. It costs about $14,361 for colorado bachelor’s degree journalism students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Colorado Boulder.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large school located in Greeley, Colorado that handed out 28 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Northern Colorado is $12,736 for colorado bachelor’s degree journalism students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

MSU Denver also made our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $12,219 for colorado bachelor’s degree journalism students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend MSU Denver.

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#5

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 14 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

DU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. It costs about $20,735 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Denver.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Journalism at University of Denver

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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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