2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

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In 2019-2020, 1,072 people earned their degree in science, technology and society, making the major the 225th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, science, technology and society graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,000 and had an average of $27,321 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 21 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality science, technology and society 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 science, technology and society program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Master’s in Colorado.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in Colorado

#1

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 19 masters’s science, tech and society degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Science, Technology & Society 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 CU - Boulder are $32,980.

Read full report on Science, Technology & Society at CU - Boulder

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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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