2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

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 Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 11,861 people earned their degree in communications, making the major the 65th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 371 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in communications. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communications programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communications program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$25,774 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a fairly large school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that handed out 10 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UCCS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are $25,774.

Read more about Communications at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

#2

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

$26,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Pocatello, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s communication arts students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree communication arts students whose families make $0-$30k list, ISU has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ISU are $26,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communications at ISU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications (Income $0-$30k)

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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