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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Art History in Colorado

4 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$23,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Art History Schools for a Bachelor's in Colorado

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Art History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Art History is the 175th most popular major in the country with 3,716 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Colorado, there were 61 art history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 art history graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,261 and $25,672 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Art History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in art history. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality art history 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 art history program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Art History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Art History in Colorado

#2 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 #1 for the Best Value Art History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado. University of Colorado Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s art history degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU - Boulder, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Art History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Colorado Boulder is $21,680 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Art History students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Colorado Boulder Art History Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Art History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado. MSU Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s art history degrees to qualified students.

MSU Denver also made our “Best Art History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver is $14,257 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Art History students.

Full Metropolitan State University of Denver Art History Report

#3

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Art History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado list. DU is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 7 bachelors’s art history degrees in 2019-2020.

DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Art History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The yearly cost to attend DU is $32,361 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Art History students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Art History at DU

#4

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Art History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado. Colorado College is a small school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that handed out 5 bachelors’s art history degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Art History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Colorado College is $26,753 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Art History students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Art History at Colorado College

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.

Credits

  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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