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2023 Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$12,158 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,715 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Master's Degree School for You

With 50 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, history is the #29 most popular major in Colorado.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for history 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. 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 History Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for history majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in History

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus the best value school in Colorado for history students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU Anschutz are $8,052 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CU Anschutz is ranked #5 for overall quality for history in Colorado.

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Out of the 5 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 2 spot on the list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Colorado State are $13,313 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 #2 for overall quality for history in Colorado.

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Out of the 5 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the # 3 spot on the list. University of Northern Colorado is a large public school located in the city of Greeley.

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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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Boulder is a great value for history students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population.

CU - Boulder graduate students pay an average of $13,901 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CU - Boulder also made our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #3.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a great value for history students working on their master’s degree. UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCCS are $13,854 per year.

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Best Value History Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 26
Montana 14
Idaho 19
Wyoming 1

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 4,391

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Abraham Ortelius.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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