2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 134,326 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general psychology programs, but they also 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 general psychology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

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. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Psychology at Colorado State

#2

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 17 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Psychology at CU - Boulder

#3

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#3 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU Anschutz, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Psychology at CU Anschutz

#4

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#4 in overall quality

$25,774 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado list. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCCS, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Psychology Master’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 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are $25,774.

Full University of Colorado at Colorado Springs General Psychology Report

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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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