2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,476 people earned their degree in geography, making the major the 144th most popular in the United States.

Across Colorado, there were 271 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in geography. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geography programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geography 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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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado doctor’s degree geography students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income $30-$48k) in Colorado

#1

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Colorado Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 doctorate’s geography degrees to qualified students.

CU - Boulder also took the #1 spot in our “Best Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full CU - Boulder Geography Report

#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 3 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography Doctor’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 University of Denver are $52,899.

Read full report on Geography at University of Denver

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income $30-$48k)

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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