2025 Best Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
9Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
491Journalism Degrees Awarded
$36,123Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in journalism, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #69 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of journalism. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 491 degrees in journalism annually.
Your choice of journalism school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for journalism schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Journalism in the Rocky Mountains Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the journalism degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat University of Colorado Boulder if you wish to pursue a degree in journalism. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Boulder. A Best Colleges rank of #145 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were roughly 73 journalism students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the journalism program make about $34,022 in their early career salary.
It is hard to beat Colorado State University - Fort Collins if you wish to pursue a degree in journalism. Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Fort Collins. A Best Colleges rank of #178 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Colorado State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 134 journalism students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the journalism program state that they receive average early career income of $36,352.
University of Denver is a great option for students interested in a degree in journalism. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #174 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DU is a great university overall.
There were about 12 journalism students who graduated with this degree at DU in the most recent data year.
Brigham Young University - Provo is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in journalism. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #257 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 62 journalism students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year. Journalism degree recipients from Brigham Young University - Provo receive an earnings boost of around $10,529 above the average earnings of journalism majors.
U of I is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Moscow. This university ranks 2nd out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were approximately 13 journalism students who graduated with this degree at U of I in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 12 schools for overall quality in the state of Montana.
There were approximately 49 journalism students who graduated with this degree at UM in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the journalism program earn an average of $35,924 in the first couple years of their career.
Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were roughly 61 journalism students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the journalism degree program at Utah State University earn $5,308 more than the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 13th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 21 journalism students who graduated with this degree at University of Northern Colorado in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the journalism program state that they receive average early career earnings of $30,216.
MSU Denver is a large public university located in the city of Denver. This university ranks 24th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 33 journalism students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the journalism program report average early career wages of $37,644.
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).
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Your choice of journalism school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for journalism schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
