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2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$35,661 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,176 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Journalism Doctor's Degree School for You

Communication & Journalism is the #17 most popular major in the country with 12,242 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for communication and journalism students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Communication & Journalism

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for communication and journalism students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at University of Utah

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 per year.

Full Communication & Journalism at University of Colorado Boulder Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 3 spot on the list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 per year.

Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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#4

University of Denver

Denver, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at DU are $53,943 per year.

Full Communication & Journalism at University of Denver Report

Best Communication & Journalism Colleges by State

Explore the best communication and journalism colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 96
Colorado 286
Montana 13
Idaho 9
Wyoming 6

Communication & Journalism Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 5,059
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Journalism 1,238
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Josh Hallett.

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