by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 12,911 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $32,980 and had an average of $23,933 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 491 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,011 and $19,470 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,612 and $39,317 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in journalism. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their journalism program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
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 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. UM is a medium-sized school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 13 masters’s journalism degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region 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 masters’s journalism degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Journalism Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #3 spot on the list. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 62 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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