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2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,189 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,667 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Social Sciences School for You

General Social Sciences is the #108 most popular major in Colorado with 21 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Colorado ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best value programs for social sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges.

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in General Social Sciences

$9,384 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus the best value school in Colorado for general social sciences students. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU Anschutz are $9,384 per year.

CU Anschutz not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best General Social Sciences Schools in Colorado list.

Full General Social Sciences at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Report

$10,994 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Colorado list. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCCS are $10,994 per year.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 11
Idaho 2

General Social Sciences is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Manfred Werner (Tsui).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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