2022 Best Value Curriculum Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Curriculum Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Curriculum & Instruction is the 57th most popular major in the country with 18,195 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, curriculum and instruction graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,708 and had an average of $36,052 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 279 curriculum and instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,075 and $42,637 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 curriculum and instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Curriculum Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in curriculum and instruction. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent curriculum and instruction programs, but they also 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 curriculum and instruction program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Curriculum Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Curriculum Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Curriculum & Instruction (Income $0-$30k) in Colorado

#1

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Curriculum Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Colorado Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 2 doctorate’s curriculum degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also made our “Best Curriculum & Instruction Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Colorado Boulder Curriculum & Instruction Report

#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$73,949 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Curriculum Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k list. DU is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 doctorate’s curriculum degrees to qualified students.

DU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Curriculum & Instruction Doctor’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 University of Denver are $52,899.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at DU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Curriculum & Instruction (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Curriculum & Instruction (Income $0-$30k)

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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