by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Western Colorado University took the #1021 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Colorado, Western came in at #16.
Women make up 66.3% of the total graduate student body at Western while men make you 33.7%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Western, around 11.9% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Western. Around 0.4% of graduate students are international. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $13,972 | $13,972 |
| Fees | $1,518 | $1,518 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from Western is $35,674. That's about 39% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Western Colorado University.
Contact details for Western are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Western Way, Gunnison, CO 81231 |
| Phone: | 970-943-2119 |
| Website: | www.western.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/WesternStateColoradoUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/westerncolou |
About 75.7% of the graduate students at Western Colorado University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 51.6% 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.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Arts & Media Management | 4 |
| Business Administration & Management | 22 |
| General Education | 52 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 29 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 4 |
| Writing Studies | 17 |
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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