Monaro High School is Cooma's only public high school, it serves the town and seven of the neighbouring rural towns and villages such as Berridale

Berridale, New South Wales

Berridale is a small town of 844 people in New South Wales, and is the administrative centre of the Snowy River Shire, one of Australia's major inland tourism destinations...

, Jindabyne

Jindabyne, New South Wales

Jindabyne is a town in south-east New South Wales, Australia that overlooks Lake Jindabyne near the Snowy Mountains, in Snowy River Shire. It is a popular holiday destination, especially in winter, due to its proximity to several ski resorts throughout the Kosciuszko National Park, including...

, Nimmitabel

Nimmitabel, New South Wales

Nimmitabel is a small town in the Monaro region in southeast New South Wales, Australia, in the Cooma-Monaro Shire Local government area. At the 2006 census, Nimmitabel had a population of 237 people....

, Bredbo

Bredbo, New South Wales

Bredbo is a village on the Monaro plains of New South Wales, Australia. The village is on the Monaro Highway 33 kilometers north of Cooma. The village is in the Cooma-Monaro Shire shire and had a population of 169 people in 2006....

 and Dalgety

Dalgety, New South Wales

Dalgety is a small town in New South Wales Australia, on the banks of the Snowy River between Melbourne and Sydney.The town is located at what was once an important river crossing along the Travelling Stock route from Gippsland to the Snowy Mountains High Country dating from the 1840s.- History...

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Cooma has two public primary schools Cooma Public School and Cooma North Public School both providing education for students in kindergarten to year 6.

There is a Roman Catholic school in Cooma called St Patrick's Parish School providing education from kindergarten to year 10.

Cooma also has a private Christian school known as Snowy Mountains Christian School which provides education from kindergarten to year 10.

TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute Cooma Campus is located in Cooma and provides further education.
Two newspapers operate in Cooma, The Cooma Monaro Express owned by Fairfax Media

Fairfax Media

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, and the independently owned The Monaro Post, which began in 2006, owned by Oliver Mohr.

• 2XL 918 AM (commercial)
• Snow FM
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  97.7 Snow FM is a commercial radio station in New South Wales, covering the areas of Cooma, Jindabyne, Thredbo, Perisher Blue and Charlotte Pass....
  
  97.7 FM (commercial)
• Triple J 100.1 FM
• ABC South-East 810 AM/1602 AM
• Radio National 95.3 FM/100.9 FM
• Classic FM 99.3
• Monaro FM 90.5 (community)
• Racing Radio 96.9 FM

Note: transmitters for 2XL and Snow FM, as well as some ABC services, are in place throughout the Snowy Mountains.
Cooma is serviced by Cooma - Snowy Mountains Airport

Cooma - Snowy Mountains Airport

Cooma – Snowy Mountains Airport is an airport in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia.-Airlines and destinations:-Getting to and From:* offers scheduled bus services direct to Perisher and Thredbo from Snowy Mountains Airport. They will meet all Aeropelican arrival times. They also offer private...

 which is 15 kilometres from the CBD.