2021 Best Journalism Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Finding the Best Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Journalism Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in journalism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great journalism programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the journalism program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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2021 Best Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
Check out the journalism programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Colorado Boulder tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that are best for non-traditional journalism students. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the city of Boulder. CU - Boulder not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
About 1.1% of CU - Boulder students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 24,299 students at CU - Boulder that take at least one class online. 7,631 students are part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population. Colorado State also made our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #3.
The student loan default rate at Colorado State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 12,180 students take at least one class online at Colorado State. About 9,631 of the students at Colorado State are attending part time.
Brigham Young University - Provo comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. BYU also made our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. Approximately 12,325 students take at least one class online at BYU. There are roughly 4,504 part time students in attendance at BYU.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Northern Colorado. Located in the city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. University of Northern Colorado also made our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.
The student loan default rate at University of Northern Colorado is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,583 students at University of Northern Colorado that take at least one class online. About 3,468 of the students at University of Northern Colorado are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Utah State University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public college with a very large student population. USU also made our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #4.
The student loan default rate at USU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 13,751 students at USU that take at least one class online. 9,734 of USU students are attending part time.
Metropolitan State University of Denver earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. MSU Denver is a large public school located in the large city of Denver. As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Denver, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.8%. There are approximately 8,148 students at MSU Denver that take at least one class online. 7,163 students are part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The University of Montana. Located in the city of Missoula, UM is a public school with a medium-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UM, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 3.0% of UM students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,583 students at UM that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,141 part time students in attendance at UM.
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).
