by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 11,380 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 378 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general journalism. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general journalism.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Missoula, Montana, and it awarded 2 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. CU - Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 128 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
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