2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Social Work is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 56,762 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Colorado, there were 930 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 637 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work 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 social work program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree social work students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $75-$110k) in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 76 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also made our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#3 in overall quality

$13,747 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. MSU Denver is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 144 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Denver, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Social Work 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 MSU Denver are $13,747.

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#3

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 417 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

DU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Denver

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $75-$110k)

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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