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Best Value Area Studies Schools in Colorado

2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$37,340 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Area Studies School for You

In 2020-2021, 31 degrees and certificates were awarded to area studies students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #170 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Area Studies Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Colorado to see which programs offered the best value experiences for area studies 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.

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Area Studies

$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Boulder the best value school in Colorado for area studies students. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.

CU - Boulder undergraduate students pay an average of $12,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CU - Boulder also took the #5 spot in our Best Area Studies Schools in Colorado rankings.

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#2

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO
$62,070 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Area Studies Schools in Colorado list. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, Colorado College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Colorado College undergraduate students pay an average of $62,070 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Colorado College also took the #4 spot in our Best Area Studies Schools in Colorado rankings.

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Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 131
Idaho 4
Montana 8
Wyoming 19

Area Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Area Studies

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 9,231
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 46

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Karl Udo Gerth.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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