2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in communication and media studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #155 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the most popular for master's degree seekers in the field of communication and media studies. Combined, these schools handed out 22 master's degrees in communication and media studies to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Communication & Media Studies School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in media studies matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of communication and media studies students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Communication & Media Studies Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for communication and media studies.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Communication & Media Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in communication and media studies.

Most Well Attended Schools for Media Studies Students Working on Their Master's

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Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

18 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In UT

#1 Best Quality In UT

Brigham Young University - Provo is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in communication and media studies. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Provo. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in communication and media studies in Utah.

There were about 18 communication and media studies individuals who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in communication and media studies from Brigham Young University - Provo

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University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

4 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In CO

#1 Best Quality In CO

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Colorado Boulder if you want to pursue a master's degree in communication and media studies. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Boulder. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in communication and media studies in Colorado.

There were roughly 4 communication and media studies individuals who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in communication and media studies from University of Colorado Boulder

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University of Denver
Denver, CO

#2 Most Popular In CO

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Denver if you want to pursue a master's degree in communication and media studies. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. More information about a master’s in communication and media studies from University of Denver

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

#2 Most Popular In CO

Colorado State University - Fort Collins is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in communication and media studies. Colorado State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins. More information about a master’s in communication and media studies from Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges by State

Explore the most popular communication and media studies schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	293	5
Utah	245	12

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Communication & Media Studies Related Rankings by Major

Communication & Media Studies is one of 3 different types of Communication & Media Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Speech Communication	174
Communications	17
Other Communication & Media Studies	17

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland. More about our data sources and methodologies.