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2023 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,591 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Natural Sciences School for You

Natural Sciences is the #174 most popular major in Colorado with 29 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Colorado to see which programs offered the best value experiences for natural sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for natural sciences majors pursuing a .

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Sciences

$12,188 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Colorado State University - Fort Collins to be the best value school for natural sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Colorado. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Colorado State are $12,188 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #3 for overall quality for natural sciences in Colorado.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

$10,994 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Colorado list. UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

UCCS undergraduate students pay an average of $10,994 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Best Value Natural Sciences Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Idaho 6
Wyoming 17

One of 44 majors within the area of study, natural sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Natural Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 34,975
Biological & Physical Science 30,075
Interdisciplinary Studies 9,074
International Studies 7,368
Nutrition Science 5,330

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).
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