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2023 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$29,406 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$115,818 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer & Information Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 254,454 computer and information sciences students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for computer and information sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the computer and information sciences doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Computer & Information Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for computer and information sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BYU are $7,700 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BYU is ranked #4 for overall quality for computer and information sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer and information sciences schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are $14,312 per year.

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Out of the 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

CU Anschutz graduate students pay an average of $24,342 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CU Anschutz is ranked #3 for overall quality for computer and information sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State also made our Best Computer & Information Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Utah State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer and information sciences schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USU are $23,225 a year.

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#6

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for computer and information sciences students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

U of U graduate students pay an average of $25,705 in tuition and fees each year.

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Montana State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree computer and information sciences programs. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a large student population.

MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

University of Idaho landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree computer and information sciences programs. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.

U of I graduate students pay an average of $29,148 in tuition and fees each year.

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Colorado School of Mines ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mines are $40,844 per year.

Mines did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Computer & Information Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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University of Colorado Boulder came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 a year.

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Best Computer & Information Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best computer and information sciences colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 3,903
Utah 8,537
Montana 198
Idaho 819
Wyoming 111

Computer & Information Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336
Computer Programming 11,939
Computer Systems Analysis 2,338
Data Processing 1,955
Other Computer & Information Sciences 1,755
Data Entry 552

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.

  • 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 Almonroth.

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