2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Business/Commerce is the 13th most popular major in the country with 55,749 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,821 and had an average of $25,596 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 617 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,900 and $30,928 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 229 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general business/commerce. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general business/commerce programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree general business students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $30-$48k) in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Pueblo

Pueblo, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$18,559 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$59,722 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Pueblo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Pueblo, Colorado, this medium-sized public school handed out 42 diplomas to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State University - Pueblo also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Pueblo are $18,559, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Colorado State University - Pueblo

#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$90,945 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 187 degrees to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

DU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899.

Full DU General Business/Commerce Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $30-$48k)

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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