2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 259,493 registered nursing students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country.

Across Colorado, there were 3,451 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 201 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in registered nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality registered nursing programs that also have a lower cost than 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 registered nursing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

Colorado State University - Pueblo

Pueblo, Colorado

#4 in overall quality

$18,559 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #1 spot on the list. Pueblo, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s registered nursing degrees to 41 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State University - Pueblo also took the #4 spot in our “Best Registered Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Pueblo are $18,559.

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#2

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#3 in overall quality

$25,774 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and it awarded 70 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

UCCS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Registered Nursing 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 UCCS are $25,774.

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#3

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$21,708 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large school located in Greeley, Colorado that handed out 67 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Registered Nursing 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.

Read full report on Registered Nursing at University of Northern Colorado

#4

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, Colorado

$14,078 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Mesa University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in Grand Junction, Colorado, and it awarded 4 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado Mesa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Registered Nursing 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 Colorado Mesa are $14,078.

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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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