2022 Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Higher Education/Higher Education Administration is the 181st most popular major in the country with 4,359 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 128 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in higher education/higher education administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality higher education/higher education administration programs that also have a lower cost than 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 higher education/higher education administration program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$21,708 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school situated in Greeley, Colorado. It awarded 16 doctorate’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708.

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#1

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

#3 in overall quality

$21,446 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 3 doctorate’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also made our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 doctorate’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to qualified students.

DU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. 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%.

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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