2022 Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Philosophy is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 9,456 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 356 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in philosophy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality philosophy programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the philosophy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Philosophy 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 Colorado State are $28,055.

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#2

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#2 in overall quality

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s philosophy degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UM also made our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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