2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Humanities in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

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 Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Humanities is the 31st most popular major in the country with 23,605 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 119 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality humanities 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 humanities program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid
The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree humanities students with aid.
Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Humanities in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Adams State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Alamosa, Colorado, this small public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s humanities students in 2019-2020.
Adams State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Adams State University are $10,551.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s humanities students in 2019-2020.
DU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899.
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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%.
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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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