2023 Best Value Physics Schools in Colorado
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Physics School for You
With 101 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, physics is the #50 most popular major in Colorado.
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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Physics Schools in Colorado ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best value programs for physics 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.
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2023 Best Value Physics Schools in Colorado
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for physics majors pursuing a .
Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Physics
Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Fort Collins the best value school in Colorado for physics students. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colorado State are $12,188 per year.
Colorado State also made our Best Physics Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #2.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Physics Schools in Colorado list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school 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 also took the #3 spot in our Best Physics Schools in Colorado rankings.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Physics Schools in Colorado list. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mines are $19,538 a year.
Mines also took the #1 spot in our Best Physics Schools in Colorado rankings.
Best Value Physics Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
Explore all the Best Value Physics Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Utah | 37 |
| Idaho | 7 |
| Montana | 11 |
| Wyoming | 10 |
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Majors Related to Physics
Physics is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Chemistry | 5,005 |
| Geological & Earth Sciences | 2,491 |
| Materials Sciences | 448 |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics | 371 |
| Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology | 342 |
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).
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