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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

16 Colleges
$15,574 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,712 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree School for You

Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in Colorado with 5,117 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for business, management and marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business, management and marketing majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus the best value school in Colorado for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CU Anschutz are $8,052 a year.

CU Anschutz also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #5.

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Out of the 16 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Global Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Greenwood Village, Colorado State University - Global Campus is a public college with a large student population.

Colorado State University - Global Campus graduate students pay an average of $9,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $13,313 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #2 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in Colorado.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the city of Boulder.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $13,901 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CU - Boulder is ranked #3 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in Colorado.

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Out of the 16 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the # 5 spot on the list. MSU Denver is a large public school located in the large city of Denver.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Denver are $10,364 per year.

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University of Northern Colorado ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Located in the city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of Northern Colorado are $13,366 a year.

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Colorado State University - Pueblo came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Colorado State University - Pueblo graduate students pay an average of $8,287 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Adams State University

Alamosa, CO

Adams State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Adams State is a small public school located in the remote town of Alamosa.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Adams State are $9,853 a year.

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#9

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

With a ranking of #9, Colorado Mesa University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Grand Junction, Colorado Mesa is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Colorado Mesa are $9,900 a year.

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#10

Regis University

Denver, CO

With a ranking of #10, Regis University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Regis U are $15,079 a year.

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Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Utah 7,670
Montana 145
Idaho 531
Wyoming 67

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784
Marketing 4,011
Management Information Systems 2,766
International Business 2,007
Entrepreneurial Studies 1,823
Taxation 1,350
Hospitality Management 1,341
Real Estate 1,280
Other Business, Management & Marketing 1,073
General Sales & Marketing 537
Construction Management 466
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 180
Business/Managerial Economics 162
Insurance 143
Business/Corporate Communications 117
Telecommunications Management 23

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 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 Amit Savargaonkar.

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