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2023 Best Value Journalism Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$29,025 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,572 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Journalism Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, journalism was ranked #70 in the country. In fact 13,552 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master'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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the journalism master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Journalism

Our analysis found University of Colorado Boulder to be the best value school for journalism students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boulder.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CU - Boulder also is in the top 15% of our Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

Read full report on Journalism at University of Colorado Boulder

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Montana is a great value for journalism students working on their master’s degree. UM is a large public school located in the city of Missoula.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UM are $24,096 per year.

Full Journalism at The University of Montana Report

Best Journalism Colleges by State

Explore the best journalism schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 267
Utah 124
Idaho 12
Montana 41
Wyoming 12

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

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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