2022 Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Environmental Studies is the 85th most popular major in the country with 9,869 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Colorado, there were 394 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

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

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in Colorado

#1

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado list. CU - Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 2 doctorate’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Studies Doctor’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 University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.

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