2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 1st of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 25,582 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,558 and $15,080 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts general studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts general studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The liberal arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Adams State University

Alamosa, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$10,551 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Adams State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Alamosa, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal arts degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Adams State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Adams State University are $10,551, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,737 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

DU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at DU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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