2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Communication & Journalism 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which 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.
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2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Check out the communication and journalism programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Communication & Journalism Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for communication and journalism students. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.
BYU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,120 in tuition and fees each year.
BYU also took the #3 spot in our Best Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.
Westminster College Salt Lake undergraduate students pay an average of $38,680 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW are $16,957 per year.
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Out of the 16 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.
U of U undergraduate students pay an average of $28,345 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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 $16,644 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.
CU Anschutz undergraduate students pay an average of $26,376 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Northern Colorado came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. University of Northern Colorado is a large public school located in the midsize city of Greeley.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Northern Colorado are $23,785 per year.
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for communication and journalism students. It came in at #8 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 undergraduate students at Colorado State are $31,470 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #5 for overall quality for communication and journalism in the Rocky Mountains Region .
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University of Colorado Boulder did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for communication and journalism students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU - Boulder are $38,358 per year.
CU - Boulder excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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Utah State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.
USU undergraduate students pay an average of $23,435 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Communication & Journalism Colleges by State
Explore the best communication and journalism schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Utah | 96 |
Colorado | 286 |
Montana | 13 |
Idaho | 9 |
Wyoming | 6 |
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Communication & Journalism Related Majors for Communication & Journalism
Communication & Journalism Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Communication & Journalism
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 16 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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