2023 Best Value Economics Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Economics Master's Degree School for You
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The Best Value Economics Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for economics 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 Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for economics majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Economics Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Colorado School of Mines to be the best value school for economics students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.
Mines graduate students pay an average of $40,844 in tuition and fees each year.
Mines did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great value for economics students working on their master’s degree. USU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Logan.
USU graduate students pay an average of $23,225 in tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Montana State University is a great value for economics students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 per year.
Out of the 11 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.
CU Anschutz graduate students pay an average of $24,342 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Utah did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for economics students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.
With a ranking of #6, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on this year’s best value schools for economics students working on their master’s degree. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.
Colorado State also made our Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.
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University of Colorado Boulder ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, CU - Boulder also did well on our Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Boise State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for economics students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boise.
Boise State graduate students pay an average of $26,558 in tuition and fees each year.
The University of Montana came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UM graduate students pay an average of $24,096 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Economics Colleges by State
Explore the best economics colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 96 |
| Utah | 25 |
| Idaho | 4 |
| Montana | 9 |
| Wyoming | 9 |
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Majors Related to Economics
One of 12 majors within the area of study, economics has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Economics
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| International Relations & National Security | 5,010 |
| Political Science & Government | 2,664 |
| Geography & Cartography | 2,315 |
| Sociology | 1,907 |
| Anthropology | 1,446 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 11 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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