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2023 Most Popular Journalism Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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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 Most Popular 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 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Journalism program at each school on the list.

Check out the journalism master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Rocky Mountains Region .

Our analysis found The University of Montana to be the most popular school for journalism students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . UM is a large public school located in the city of Missoula.

Women make up 63% of the journalism majors at the school.

Full Journalism at The University of Montana Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Boulder.

Of the 5 students majoring in journalism at CU - Boulder, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Brigham Young University - Provo is a great place for journalism students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Journalism at Brigham Young University - Provo

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great place for journalism students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Journalism at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

Best Journalism Colleges by State

Explore the best journalism colleges 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 4 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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