2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree general business students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce 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

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Pueblo is located in Pueblo, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 42 masters’s general business degrees to qualified students.

Colorado State University - Pueblo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 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 Colorado State University - Pueblo are $18,559.

Full Colorado State University - Pueblo General Business/Commerce Report

#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$90,945 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 187 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. 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

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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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