2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in Colorado

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 31,648 people earned their degree in health sciences and services, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 215 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,500 and $20,977 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health sciences and services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health sciences and services 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 Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado doctor’s degree health science students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in Colorado

#1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU Anschutz, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at CU Anschutz

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

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