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2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$26,600 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,266 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology School for You

Information Technology is the #28 most popular major in the country with 10,754 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for IT students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Technology Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Information Technology

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for information technology students. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BYU is ranked #3 for overall quality for IT in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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#2

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Governors University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WGU are $7,452 per year.

WGU also made our Best Information Technology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #4.

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#3

Regis University

Denver, CO

The excellent programs at Regis University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Regis U undergraduate students pay an average of $39,610 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great value for information technology students. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State undergraduate students pay an average of $31,470 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State also took the #5 spot in our Best Information Technology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

Full Information Technology at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

$27,502 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MSU Denver are $27,502 a year.

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$17,092 Average Tuition & Fees

Utah Valley University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $17,092 per year.

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$12,581 Average Tuition & Fees

Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are $12,581 per year.

Full Information Technology at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs Report

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCCS are $22,270 per year.

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#9

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for information technology students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DU are $54,819 per year.

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Best Information Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best information technology schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 132
Utah 1,007
Idaho 0

Information Technology is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Computer Science 15,813
Information Science 6,934
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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 Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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