2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 25,582 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,558 and $15,080 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The liberal arts / sciences & humanities 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 / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region doctor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#1

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$21,446 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Montana State University is a fairly large public school situated in Bozeman, Montana. It awarded 3 doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Montana State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (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.

Credits

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