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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$34,703 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,979 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies School for You

Liberal Arts General Studies is the #60 most popular major in Colorado with 73 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best value programs for liberal arts 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 Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for liberal arts majors pursuing a .

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Liberal Arts General Studies

#1

Adams State University

Alamosa, CO
$9,680 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Adams State University the best value school in Colorado for liberal arts general studies students. Located in the remote town of Alamosa, Adams State is a public college with a small student population.

Adams State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,680 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Regis University

Denver, CO
$39,610 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in Colorado list. Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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

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#3

University of Denver

Denver, CO
$54,819 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Denver is a great value for liberal arts general studies students. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Utah 241
Montana 7

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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