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2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

5 Ranked Colleges
78 Degrees Awarded
$32,450 Avg Salary
Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 865 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,843 and $21,618 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education 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 general education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado College landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Colorado College is $15,884 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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 more about General Education at Colorado College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. CU Anschutz is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 47 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend CU Anschutz is $15,630 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus General Education Report

#3

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Boise, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boise State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Boise State University is $16,073 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Boise State University General Education Report

#4

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This small school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Westminster College Salt Lake not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Westminster College Utah is $18,362 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on General Education at Westminster College Utah

#5

Colorado Christian University

Lakewood, Colorado
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Christian University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. CCU is a medium-sized school located in Lakewood, Colorado that handed out 2 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

CCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado Christian University is $23,668 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full CCU General Education Report

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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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