a master's degree in arts & media management is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #106 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for arts & media management students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 57 master's degrees in arts & media management during the 2022-2023 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on arts & media management students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of arts & media management students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for arts & media management to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized arts & media management related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for arts & media management students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Arts & Media Management Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Arts & Media Management in the Rocky Mountains Region
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for arts & media management students seeking a a master's degree.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in Media Management
Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in arts & media management. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the media management program report average early career wages of $44,475.
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).
