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2023 Best Value Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Colorado

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$20,061 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,564 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Journalism Bachelor's Degree School for You

Journalism is the #58 most popular major in Colorado with 267 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Colorado to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for journalism students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Journalism Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Journalism

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Fort Collins the best value school in Colorado for journalism students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Colorado State are $12,188 a year. On average, journalism graduates from Colorado State take out $21,700 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $468, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Boulder is a great value for journalism students working on their bachelor’s degree. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the city of Boulder.

CU - Boulder undergraduate students pay an average of $12,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, journalism graduates from CU - Boulder take out $15,731 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

CU - Boulder did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Northern Colorado is a great value for journalism students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Northern Colorado are $10,666 a year. On average, journalism graduates from University of Northern Colorado take out $21,300 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Read full report on Journalism at University of Northern Colorado

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Metropolitan State University of Denver helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in Colorado. MSU Denver is a large public school located in the city of Denver.

MSU Denver undergraduate students pay an average of $10,021 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that journalism majors at MSU Denver take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $28,509.

Full Journalism at Metropolitan State University of Denver Report

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University of Denver

Denver, CO

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Denver helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in Colorado. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at DU are $54,819 a year.

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Best Value Journalism Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 124
Idaho 12
Montana 41
Wyoming 12

One of 5 majors within the area of study, journalism has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Journalism

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jfurrer.

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