2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in Colorado

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Architecture & Related Services is the 29th most popular major in the country with 17,325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, architecture and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,602 and had an average of $25,146 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 435 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,659 and $21,957 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 120 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,172 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in Colorado” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architecture and related services. That schools that top this list have a program in architecture and related services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The architecture & related services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in Colorado”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree architecture & related services students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in Colorado

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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, Colorado

#8 overall quality in Colorado

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. CU Anschutz is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 120 masters’s architecture and related services degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Architecture & Related Services at CU Anschutz

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado

#4 overall quality in Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Architecture & Related Services Major in Colorado list. Colorado State is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 65 masters’s architecture and related services degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Architecture & Related Services at Colorado State

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lorenzo Cafaro.