2023 Best Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Graduate Certificate 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 9 schools in Colorado to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado
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Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Global Campus the best value school in Colorado for students working on their graduate certificate. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a public institution located in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 233 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State University - Global Campus are $9,000 a year. On average, graduate certificate students take out $23,015 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Colorado State University - Global Campus. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Colorado State University - Global Campus also took the #2 spot in our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Colorado State is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 368 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Colorado State. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 67% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Colorado State also took the #3 spot in our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado rankings.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Colorado State University - Pueblo helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value schools in Colorado. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a medium-sized public school located in Pueblo, Colorado that handed out 6 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State University - Pueblo are $19,773 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Colorado State University - Pueblo does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 99% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. This medium-sized public school is located in Golden, Colorado, and it awarded 66 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mines are $40,844 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Mines. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 21% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Mines did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 158 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Regis U graduate students pay an average of $15,079 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that Regis U does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 69% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Regis U is ranked #4 for overall quality in Colorado.
Metropolitan State University of Denver did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 12 students in 2020-2021.
MSU Denver graduate students pay an average of $12,792 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at MSU Denver, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 50% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado ranking. This fairly large public school is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and it awarded 52 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCCS are $25,584 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UCCS. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 58% took at least some of their classes online.
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Colorado Mesa University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in Grand Junction, Colorado, the medium-sized public school handed out 14 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Colorado Mesa graduate students pay an average of $14,535 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Colorado Mesa. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 67% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Denver landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate programs. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 533 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at DU are $53,943 per year.
DU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 84% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, DU is ranked #5 for overall quality in Colorado.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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