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2023 Most Popular Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

18 Colleges
$34,807 Avg Salary
$22,176 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Communication & Journalism program at each school on the list.

Check out the communication and journalism programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Rocky Mountains Region .

#1

University of Denver

Denver, CO

Our 2023 rankings named University of Denver the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for communication and journalism students. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

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The excellent programs at Weber State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and journalism schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a very large student population.

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#5

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

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#6

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT

Southern Utah University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for communication and journalism students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the remote town of Cedar City, Southern Utah University is a public school with a large student population.

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#7

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for communication and journalism students. It came in at #7 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.

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Brigham Young University - Provo came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

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The University of Montana came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Communication & Journalism Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for communication and journalism students. It came in at #10 on the list. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

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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 18 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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