2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Natural Sciences is the 339th most popular major in the country with 2,345 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 38 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in natural sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural sciences 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 natural sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming

$16,615 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Laramie, Wyoming is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s natural sciences degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Natural Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wyoming are $16,615.

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#2

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #2 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 11 masters’s natural sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also made our “Best Natural Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income $75-$110k)

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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