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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in Colorado (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
257 Degrees Awarded
$20,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor's in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree journalism students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in Colorado (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 129 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also made our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $18,668 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students with aid per year to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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 Colorado State General Journalism Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. CU - Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 62 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Colorado Boulder is $21,680 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students with aid.

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%.

Full University of Colorado Boulder General Journalism Report

#4 in overall quality

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 for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid 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. It costs about $15,714 for colorado bachelor’s degree journalism students with aid per year to attend University of Northern Colorado.

Read more about General Journalism at University of Northern Colorado

#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 Getting Aid 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Denver, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. It costs about $14,257 for colorado bachelor’s degree journalism students with aid per year to attend MSU Denver.

Read more about General Journalism at MSU Denver

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #5 spot on the list. DU is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 14 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Denver is $32,361 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students with aid.

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%.

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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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