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2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in Montana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$7,492 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,942 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Journalism School for You

In 2020-2021, 13 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and journalism students who went to a Montana college or university. This makes it the #19 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in Montana ranking.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges.

Best Communication & Journalism School

$7,492 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Montana the best value school in Montana for communication and journalism students. UM is a large public school located in the small city of Missoula.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UM are $7,492 a year.

UM did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Communication & Journalism Schools in Montana list.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at The University of Montana

Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 96
Colorado 286
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 values are for the top school 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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