2023 Best Master's Degree Schools in Colorado
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Also there are many trade schools and bpptcamp 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 Master's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in Colorado to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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Top Master's Degree Schools in Colorado
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Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the best school in Colorado for students working on their master’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at Mines, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 21% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Colorado.
Online graduate courses are available at Colorado State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 67% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since CU - Boulder does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 62% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at DU. In 2019-2020 about 84% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Colorado.
One thing to take note of is that CU Anschutz does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 75% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Colorado State University - Global Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado ranking.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Colorado State University - Global Campus. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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University of Northern Colorado came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado ranking.
University of Northern Colorado does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 81% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Adams State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree programs.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Adams State. In fact, around 97% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #9, Regis University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their master’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Regis U. During the 2019-2020 year, about 69% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Colorado Christian University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado ranking.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at CCU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 95% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UCCS does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 58% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Metropolitan State University of Denver came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at MSU Denver, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 50% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree programs.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Colorado State University - Pueblo. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 99% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Western Colorado University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado ranking.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Western. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 78% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree programs.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 100% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 15 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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