2025 Best Economics Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

If you plan on getting your master's degree in economics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #41 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for economics students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 99 master's degrees in economics to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to economics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of economics students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for economics to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized economics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for economics students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Economics Schools

The economics 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 the Best Economics Master's Degree Schools in Colorado.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Economics in Colorado

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in economics.

Top Colorado Schools for a Master's in Economics

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

10 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Boulder is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in economics. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in economics from University of Colorado Boulder

2

University of Denver
Denver, CO

46 Annual Graduates

$60,796 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in economics has to look into University of Denver. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Denver.

After graduation, economics master's recipients typically earn around $60,796 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in economics from University of Denver

Best Economics Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Economics Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	164	16
Idaho	96	4
Montana	90	8
Wyoming	53	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Economics

Economics is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Economics Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	43
Development Economics & International Development	23
General Economics	21
International Economics	12

Majors Similar to Economics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
International Relations & National Security	105
Political Science & Government	32
Anthropology	31
Geography & Cartography	28
Sociology	28
General Social Sciences	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to pixabay. More about our data sources and methodologies.