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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$35,157 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,767 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies School for You

Liberal Arts General Studies is the #74 most popular major in the country with 2,680 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for liberal arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Liberal Arts General Studies

#1

Regis University

Denver, CO

Our analysis found Regis University to be the best value school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Regis U are $39,610 per year.

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#2

Adams State University

Alamosa, CO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Adams State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Adams State is a small public school located in the town of Alamosa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Adams State are $17,933 per year.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. MSU Bozeman is a large public school located in the remote town of Bozeman.

MSU Bozeman undergraduate students pay an average of $28,264 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Montana State University Report

#4

University of Denver

Denver, CO

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Denver is a great value for liberal arts general studies students. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at DU are $54,819 a year.

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Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best liberal arts general studies colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 73
Utah 241
Montana 7

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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