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2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$19,736 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,436 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Journalism Associate Degree School for You

Communication & Journalism is the #11 most popular major in the country with 120,571 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for communication and journalism students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Communication & Journalism

Our analysis found Utah Valley University to be the best value school for communication and journalism students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . UVU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Orem.

UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,092 in tuition and fees each year.

UVU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Utah Valley University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. WSU is a very large public school located in the small city of Ogden.

WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $16,644 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WSU is ranked #2 for overall quality for communication and journalism in the Rocky Mountains Region .

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Weber State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado Christian University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CCU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Lakewood.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCU are $25,473 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, CCU also did well on our Best Communication & Journalism Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Colorado Christian University

Best Communication & Journalism Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 2,105
Utah 1,544
Montana 118
Idaho 675
Wyoming 105

Communication & Journalism Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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