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2022 Best Value Management Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

7 Ranked Colleges
442 Degrees Awarded
$27,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Management Science Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Management Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods is the 47th most popular major in the country with 36,038 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, management sciences and quantitative methods graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,558 and had an average of $28,049 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 771 management sciences and quantitative methods graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,267 and $38,822 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 442 management sciences and quantitative methods graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Management Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in management sciences and quantitative methods. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great management sciences and quantitative methods programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the management sciences and quantitative methods 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 Management Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado State University - Global Campus

Greenwood Village, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Global Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Management Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, and it awarded 87 masters’s management science degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State University - Global Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Global Campus are $9,000, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Management Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s management science degrees to 153 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Management Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 18 masters’s management science degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Management Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #4 spot on the list. USU is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree management science students list, USU has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. 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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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Management Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s management science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree management science students list, CU Anschutz has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 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.

Full University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Report

University of Colorado Boulder came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Management Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 70 masters’s management science degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #3 spot in our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

University of Denver ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Management Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 79 masters’s management science 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 Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 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 Denver are $52,899.

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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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