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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 / sciences and humanities program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Rocky Mountains Region (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 / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid. Adams State University 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 / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” 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 University Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. DU is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

DU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at University of Denver

• Best Value Master’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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