2025 Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Colorado
3Colleges in Colorado
99Media Studies Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in communication & media studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #82 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for communication & media studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 99 degrees in communication & media studies annually.
Choosing a Great Communication & Media Studies School
The media studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Communication & Media Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Communication & Media Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Communication & Media Studies Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Colorado list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Communication & Media Studies in Colorado
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the media studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Colorado Boulder is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in communication & media studies. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the city of Boulder. A Best Colleges rank of #145 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were about 29 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent data year.
Colorado State University - Pueblo is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in communication & media studies. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize city of Pueblo. This university ranks 27th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 21 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State University - Pueblo in the most recent data year.
Colorado Mesa University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in communication & media studies. Located in the small city of Grand Junction, Colorado Mesa is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 26th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 29 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Colorado Mesa in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).