2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $75-$110k) in Colorado

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts / sciences and humanities students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 / sciences and humanities 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 / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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 / sciences and humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts / sciences and 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 liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $75-$110k) in Colorado

#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 / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Alamosa, Colorado, this small public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

Adams State also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Adams State University

#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 6 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

DU also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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