2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hydrology & Water Resources Science 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 Hydrology and Water Resources Science Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Hydrology & Water Resources Science is the 811th most popular major in the country with 231 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Colorado, there were 18 hydrology and water resources science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 hydrology and water resources science graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great hydrology and water resources science programs and cost less that 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 hydrology and water resources science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Hydrology and Water Resources Science Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Hydrology and Water Resources Science Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hydrology & Water Resources Science in Colorado

#1

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$39,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Hydrology and Water Resources Science Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado School of Mines is a medium-sized public school situated in Golden, Colorado. It awarded 3 doctorate’s hydrology and water resources science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mines, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hydrology & Water Resources Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado School of Mines are $39,800.

Read more about Hydrology & Water Resources Science at Colorado School of Mines

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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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