2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Arts & Media Management is the 137th most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,959 and had an average of $35,302 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 51 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in arts and media management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent arts and media management programs, but they also 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 arts and media management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 26 masters’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins Arts & Media Management Report

#2

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$24,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$36,852 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cedar City, Utah, and it awarded 18 masters’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Utah University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Utah University are $24,548.

Full Southern Utah University Arts & Media Management Report

#3

Western Colorado University

Gunnison, Colorado

$17,371 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Colorado University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Gunnison, Colorado, this small public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s media management students in 2019-2020.

Western also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western are $17,371, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Western Colorado University Arts & Media Management Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $0-$30k)

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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