2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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In 2019-2020, 10,951 people earned their degree in communication and media studies, making the major the 74th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 229 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication and media studies 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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Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Brigham Young University - Provo

Provo, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$7,510 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 18 masters’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brigham Young University - Provo are $7,510, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #2 spot on the list. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s media studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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