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2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
58 Degrees Awarded
$33,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master's in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

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 Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 134,326 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, general psychology is the 4th most popular major in the United States.

Across Colorado, there were 1,942 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general psychology 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 general psychology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree psychology students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Colorado (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Psychology 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 Anschutz are $23,915.

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#2

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

UCCS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCCS are $25,774, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UCCS General Psychology Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #3 spot on the list. Colorado State is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Psychology 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055.

Read more about General Psychology at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU - Boulder, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full CU - Boulder General Psychology Report

#5

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

DU also made our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Psychology at University of Denver

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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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