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2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
213 Degrees Awarded
$25,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Finance Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Finance & Financial Management is the 14th most popular major in the country with 57,893 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, finance and financial management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $51,578 and had an average of $26,517 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,561 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,360 and $28,867 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 213 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in finance and financial management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great finance and financial management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the finance and financial management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree finance students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#1

Colorado State University - Global Campus

Greenwood Village, Colorado

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Global Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Global Campus is located in Greenwood Village, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 132 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.

Colorado State University - Global Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Global Campus are $9,000, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Colorado State University - Global Campus Finance & Financial Management Report

#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Laramie, Wyoming, this fairly large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s finance students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree finance students with aid list, UW has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW are $16,615, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Finance & Financial Management at UW

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. CU Anschutz is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 16 masters’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also took the #6 spot in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Finance & Financial Management at CU Anschutz

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s finance students in 2019-2020.

USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Utah State University are $22,598, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at USU

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #5 spot on the list. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s finance degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #3 spot in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Finance & Financial Management at CU - Boulder

#6

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

Montana State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s finance students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Bozeman, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446.

Full Montana State University Finance & Financial Management Report

#7

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

University of Denver ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s finance students in 2019-2020.

DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at University of Denver

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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