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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,266 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 222 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 196 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree vets studying media studies.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
CU - Boulder also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 37,437 students enrolled at University of Colorado Boulder, 1,379 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 968 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,889. During this same period, 46 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s list. University of Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
DU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Among the 13,856 students enrolled at DU, 571 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 373 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,359. To help with additional expenses, 155 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dixie State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Dixie State College is located in Saint George, Utah and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
Dixie State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Of the 12,043 students enrolled at Dixie State University, 267 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 96 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,877. To help with additional expenses, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Dixie State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Provo, Utah, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
BYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.According to our most recent data, Brigham Young University - Provo supports 36,461 students, and 368 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 220 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,856. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Pueblo. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Pueblo, Colorado, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Colorado State University - Pueblo also took the #5 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Of the 5,925 students enrolled at Colorado State University - Pueblo, 21 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,707. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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