2022 Best Vallue Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communication & Media Studies is the 74th most popular major in the country with 10,951 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

This year’s “Best Vallue Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree media studies students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $110k) 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 Vallue Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 18 masters’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at BYU are $7,510, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at BYU

#2

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Media Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of Colorado Boulder

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income Over $110k)

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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