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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Colorado” 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 10,266 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Colorado, there were 90 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Colorado” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in communication and media studies.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
The media studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Colorado”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Colorado”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a medium-sized school located in Pueblo, Colorado that handed out 30 ’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Colorado State University - Pueblo
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Colorado 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 ’s media studies degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at CU - Boulder
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Mesa University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Colorado. Located in Grand Junction, Colorado, this medium-sized public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified ’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
Full Colorado Mesa Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Media Studies Major in Colorado list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified ’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at University of Denver
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- 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
- *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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