by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 4,709 people earned their degree in higher education/higher education administration, making the major the 160th most popular in the United States.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 102 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in higher education/higher education administration. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in higher education/higher education administration.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Adams State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Adams State University is a small school located in Alamosa, Colorado that handed out 7 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Adams State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 27 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Denver Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This fairly large school is located in Greeley, Colorado, and it awarded 8 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Montana State University is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Montana State University
University of Colorado Boulder came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. University of Colorado Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 14 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Colorado Boulder Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report
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