2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

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With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies is the 1st most popular major in the United States. 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 Colorado, there were 6,611 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,071 and $16,545 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts general studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree liberal arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Colorado

#1

Adams State University

Alamosa, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$10,551 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Adams State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Alamosa, Colorado, this small public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts 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 Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Adams State are $10,551, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at Adams State University

#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,737 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

DU also made our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899.

Full University of Denver Liberal Arts General Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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