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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

5 Ranked Colleges
78 Degrees Awarded
$28,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 865 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,843 and $21,618 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 47 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is $15,358 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree education students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

Read full report on General Education at CU Anschutz

#2

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Boise State University is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 6 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Boise State University is $15,787 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree education students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Boise State General Education Report

#3

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westminster College Utah. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Westminster College Salt Lake also made our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Westminster College Salt Lake is $20,674 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about General Education at Westminster College Salt Lake

#4

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado College landed the #4 spot on the list. Colorado College is a small school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that handed out 10 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado College is $26,753 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make more than $110k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on General Education at Colorado College

#5

Colorado Christian University

Lakewood, Colorado
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k list. CCU is located in Lakewood, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.

CCU also made our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $25,268 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend CCU.

Full Colorado Christian University General Education Report

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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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