2022 Best Vallue Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students 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 “Best Vallue Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 12,336 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 419 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general journalism programs and 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 general journalism program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k. UM is a medium-sized school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 3 masters’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UM also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Journalism at The University of Montana

#2

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Journalism Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k list. CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Colorado Boulder General Journalism Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income Over $110k)

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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