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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in the Rocky Mountains Region

6 Ranked Colleges
213 Degrees Awarded
$26,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Finance Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 57,893 people earned their degree in finance and financial management, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. 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” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in finance and financial management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality finance and financial management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the finance and financial management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado State University - Global Campus

Greenwood Village, Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Global Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It awarded 132 masters’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree finance students list, Colorado State University - Global Campus has also earned the #2 rank 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.

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#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #2 spot on the list. UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.

UW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. 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 University of Wyoming

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 3 masters’s finance degrees 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.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s finance students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also made our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915.

Read more about Finance & Financial Management at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 22 masters’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU - Boulder, the school also landed the #3 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 University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980.

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#6

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

University of Denver landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s finance degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree finance students list, DU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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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