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2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$33,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master's in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

Journalism is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 14,528 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,042 and had an average of $24,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 270 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,950 and $21,656 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree journalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $48-$75k) in Colorado

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #1 spot in our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Colorado Boulder Journalism Report

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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