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2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $75-$110k) in Colorado

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Greeley, Colorado, and it awarded 105 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. 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 $75-$110k list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 101 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado master’s degree education students whose families make $75-$110k list, CU Anschutz has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Colorado University landed the #3 spot on the list. Western Colorado University is a small school located in Gunnison, Colorado that handed out 66 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Western also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Colorado University are $17,371, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k. MSU Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 62 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.

MSU Denver did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 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 MSU Denver are $13,747.

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#5

Fort Lewis College

Durango, Colorado
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Lewis College landed the #5 spot on the list. Durango, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

FLC also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at FLC are $8,590, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Fort Lewis College General Education Report

Colorado State University - Pueblo ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Pueblo, Colorado, and it awarded 13 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State University - Pueblo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Pueblo are $18,559, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, Colorado

Colorado Mesa University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #7. Colorado Mesa University is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.

Colorado Mesa also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado Mesa University are $14,078.

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#8

Regis University

Denver, Colorado

Regis University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Regis University 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Regis U, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regis University are $14,322, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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