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2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado

5 Ranked Colleges
319 Degrees Awarded
$20,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in Colorado

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.

International Studies is the 95th most popular major in the country with 7,874 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, international studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,355 and had an average of $22,904 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 334 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,625 and $22,895 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 319 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,261 and $25,672 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international studies 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 international studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The international studies 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 International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado”.

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Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree international studies students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 52 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. It costs about $18,668 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree International Studies students per year to attend Colorado State.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins International Studies Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado. University of Colorado Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 159 bachelors’s international studies degrees to qualified students.

CU - Boulder not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Colorado Boulder is $21,680 for colorado bachelor’s degree international studies students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Colorado Boulder International Studies Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado list. This large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also took the #3 spot in our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. It costs about $15,358 for colorado bachelor’s degree international studies students per year to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

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%.

Full CU Anschutz International Studies Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Greeley, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s international studies students in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. It costs about $15,714 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree International Studies students per year to attend University of Northern Colorado.

Full University of Northern Colorado International Studies Report

#5

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

DU also took the #5 spot in our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Denver is $32,361 for colorado bachelor’s degree international studies students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 more about International Studies at University of Denver

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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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