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2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
257 Degrees Awarded
$23,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor's in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 12,336 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general journalism programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income $75-$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 Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school situated in Greeley, Colorado. It awarded 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 estimated yearly cost for University of Northern Colorado is $18,599 for colorado bachelor’s degree journalism students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about General Journalism at University of Northern Colorado

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 129 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado State is $24,440 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Journalism at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Colorado Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 62 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU - Boulder, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. It costs about $25,863 for colorado bachelor’s degree journalism students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Colorado Boulder.

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

Read full report on General Journalism at University of Colorado Boulder

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #4 spot on the 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The estimated yearly cost for Metropolitan State University of Denver is $18,397 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#5

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #5 spot on the list. DU is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

DU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The estimated yearly cost for DU is $31,512 for colorado bachelor’s degree journalism students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.

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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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