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2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k

8 Ranked Colleges
374 Degrees Awarded
$16,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Education Schools for a Master's in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 456 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,417 and $25,580 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 374 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education 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 general education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k) in Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k. Greeley, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 105 students in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 101 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education 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 CU Anschutz are $23,915.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 62 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Denver not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Metropolitan State University of Denver are $13,747, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Western Colorado University

Gunnison, Colorado

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Colorado University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Gunnison, Colorado, and it awarded 66 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Western not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Education 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 Western Colorado University are $17,371.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Pueblo, Colorado, this medium-sized public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State University - Pueblo, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Pueblo are $18,559, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Fort Lewis College

Durango, Colorado
#5 in overall quality

Fort Lewis College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. This small school is located in Durango, Colorado, and it awarded 9 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

FLC also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at FLC are $8,590.

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#7

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, Colorado

Colorado Mesa University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k list. Colorado Mesa is a medium-sized school located in Grand Junction, Colorado that handed out 15 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado Mesa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado Mesa University are $14,078, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8

Regis University

Denver, Colorado

Regis University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #8. Regis U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado master’s degree education students whose families make $48-$75k list, Regis U has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regis University are $14,322, 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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