2023 Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Astronomy & Astrophysics School for You

With 13 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, astronomy and astrophysics is the #127 most popular major in Colorado.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Colorado ranking.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges.

Best Astronomy & Astrophysics School

#1

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, CO

13 Degrees

#3 in Quality in Colorado

$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Colorado Boulder to be the best value school for astronomy and astrophysics students who want to pursue a degree in Colorado. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a very large student population.

CU - Boulder undergraduate students pay an average of $12,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CU - Boulder not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in Colorado list.

Read full report on Astronomy & Astrophysics at University of Colorado Boulder

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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