2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,005 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 240 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 communication & media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,612 and $39,317 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in communication & media studies. That schools that top this list have a program in communication & media studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, Utah

#3 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 15 masters’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Brigham Young University - Provo

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University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado

#2 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region 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 2 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of Colorado Boulder

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University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

#4 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Media Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. DU is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 20 masters’s media studies degrees in 2021-2022.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full DU Communication & Media Studies Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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