by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #160 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 15% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. As a result, Colorado State is a recipient of this year's Best Master's Schools badge.
Colorado State also ranked #3 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Colorado.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Colorado State took the #154 spot on the list.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Colorado, Colorado State came in at #3.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 55.1% of the total graduate students at Colorado State are women and 44.9% are men.
Of all the graduate students at Colorado State, around 17.4% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Colorado State. Around 10.8% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,834 | $26,564 |
| Fees | $2,479 | $2,479 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Colorado State is $53,850. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 8% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from Colorado State enter careers with an average starting salary of $71,041. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 6% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Colorado State University - Fort Collins.
Contact details for Colorado State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 102 Administration Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0100 |
| Phone: | 970-491-1101 |
| Website: | colostate.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/coloradostateuniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/ColoradoStateU |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 46.3% of the graduate students at Colorado State took at least one online course. For that same period, 32.2% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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