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2022 Best Vallue Astronomy Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k

1 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$33,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Astronomy Schools for a Master's in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue Astronomy Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Astronomy & Astrophysics is the 222nd most popular major in the country with 1,268 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, astronomy and astrophysics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,700 and had an average of $21,346 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 89 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,700 and $19,530 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great astronomy and astrophysics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the astronomy and astrophysics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Vallue Astronomy Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Astronomy Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Astronomy Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics (Income Over $110k) in Colorado

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Astronomy Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. CU - Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #1 spot in our “Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, 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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