2022 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

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 Colorado” 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 Colorado, there were 22 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural sciences 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 natural sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Colorado.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 11 masters’s natural sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

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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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