2022 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k

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Natural Sciences is the 209th most popular major in the country with 2,345 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,257 and had an average of $22,289 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 22 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado doctor’s degree natural sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Colorado

#1

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$25,774 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s natural sciences students in 2019-2020.

UCCS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCCS are $25,774.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at UCCS

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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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