2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” 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.

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 liberal arts general studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

Adams State University

Alamosa, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$10,551 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Adams State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. Adams State is a public institution located in Alamosa, Colorado. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Adams State also made our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Adams State University are $10,551, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Adams State Liberal Arts General Studies Report

#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 Getting Aid. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 6 masters’s liberal arts degrees 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 Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Denver Liberal Arts General Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (With Aid)

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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