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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Utah

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$13,897 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,110 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies School for You

In 2020-2021, 89 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and media studies students who went to a Utah college or university. This makes it the #33 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Utah ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Utah to see which ones offered the best value programs for communications students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Utah

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for communications majors pursuing a .

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality in Communication & Media Studies

$6,120 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in Utah for communication and media studies students. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year.

BYU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Utah list.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Brigham Young University - Provo

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT
$8,893 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and media studies schools in Utah. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

U of U undergraduate students pay an average of $8,893 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U of U also took the #4 spot in our Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Utah rankings.

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$8,960 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Utah list. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USU are $8,960 per year.

USU also made our Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Utah list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Utah State University

$6,228 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,228 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Communication & Media Studies at Weber State University Report

#5

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT
$6,726 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Utah University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in Utah list. Located in the remote town of Cedar City, Southern Utah University is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southern Utah University are $6,726 per year.

Full Communication & Media Studies at Southern Utah University Report

#6

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT
$38,680 Average Tuition & Fees

Westminster College Utah landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value communication and media studies programs. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $38,680 per year.

Westminster College Salt Lake not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Utah list.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Westminster College Utah

Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 244
Idaho 9
Montana 2
Wyoming 6

One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Communications

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Journalism 1,238
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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