2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in Colorado

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 12,008 people earned their degree in anthropology, making the major the 77th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,661 and had an average of $23,289 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 293 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,650 and $25,320 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in anthropology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent anthropology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the anthropology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,485 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Anthropology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. This large school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 9 masters’s anthropology degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Anthropology 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 Anthropology at Colorado State

#2

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#3 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s anthropology students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also took the #3 spot in our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Anthropology at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

#3

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$36,674 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s anthropology students in 2019-2020.

DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Denver Anthropology 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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