2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

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 Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 419 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree journalism students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Colorado Boulder is a large school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 8 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Journalism at University of Colorado Boulder

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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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