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2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado

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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” ranking.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism 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 list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 129 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also made our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado State is $18,668 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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 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 list. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 62 degrees to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2019-2020.

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. The yearly cost to attend University of Colorado Boulder is $21,680 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Read full report on General Journalism at CU - Boulder

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Northern Colorado is located in Greeley, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

University of Northern Colorado also made our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $15,714 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students per year to attend University of Northern Colorado.

Read more about General Journalism at University of Northern Colorado

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #4 spot on the list. Metropolitan State University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 24 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Denver also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MSU Denver is $14,257 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.

Full Metropolitan State University of Denver General Journalism Report

#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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Denver 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 yearly cost to attend University of Denver is $32,361 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.

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%.

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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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