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2023 Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$12,610 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,212 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Astronomy & Astrophysics School for You

In 2020-2021, 73 degrees and certificates were awarded to astronomy and astrophysics students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #131 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Colorado ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges.

Best Astronomy & Astrophysics School

$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Boulder the best value school in Colorado for astronomy and astrophysics students. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population.

CU - Boulder undergraduate students pay an average of $12,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Astronomy majors at CU - Boulder take out an average of $22,422 in student loans while working on their egree.

CU - Boulder did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Colorado list.

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Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 5
Idaho 0
Wyoming 7

One of 8 majors within the area of study, astronomy and astrophysics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 21,239
Physics 13,674
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
General Physical Sciences 3,823
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 1,140

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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