2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Humanities in the Rocky Mountains Region

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 Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Humanities is the 31st most popular major in the country with 23,605 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 119 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great humanities programs and 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 humanities program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The humanities school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

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Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree humanities students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Humanities in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Adams State University

Alamosa, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$10,551 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Adams State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Alamosa, Colorado, and it awarded 12 masters’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Adams State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Adams State University are $10,551, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Humanities at Adams State University

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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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