2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Colorado

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 Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 1st of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 6,611 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,071 and $16,545 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts general studies programs, but they also 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 liberal arts general studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree liberal arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Colorado

#1

Adams State University

Alamosa, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$10,551 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Adams State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Alamosa, Colorado, this small public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

Adams State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies 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 Adams State University are $10,551.

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#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,737 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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