2023 Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
It's not easy to decide which healthcare 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 and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Featured schools near , edit
Top Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our analysis found Colorado State University - Fort Collins to be the best value school for healthcare students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Colorado. This large public school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 18 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Colorado State. In fact, around 67% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #1 for overall quality in Colorado.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Pueblo. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. This medium-sized public school is located in Pueblo, Colorado, and it awarded 4 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State University - Pueblo are $19,773 a year.
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.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State University - Pueblo is ranked #5 for overall quality in Colorado.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Regis University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in Colorado. Located in Denver, Colorado, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 17 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Regis U are $15,079 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Regis U does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 69% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Regis U did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list.
Out of the 6 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s value ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the # 4 spot on the list. This fairly large public school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
MSU Denver graduate students pay an average of $12,792 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at MSU Denver. During the 2019-2020 year, about 50% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in Colorado. UCCS is a fairly large public school situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It awarded 10 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCCS are $25,584 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at UCCS, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 58% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
UCCS also took the #4 spot in our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado rankings.
University of Denver came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado ranking. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 36 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
DU graduate students pay an average of $53,943 in tuition and fees each year.
DU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 84% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
DU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list.
Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
View Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools Nationwide >
More Colorado Rankings
Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.
References
- 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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
Featured Schools
Request Info
|
Southern New Hampshire University You have goals. Southern New Hampshire University can help you get there. Whether you need a bachelor's degree to get into a career or want a master's degree to move up in your current career, SNHU has an online program for you. Find your degree from over 200 online programs. Learn More > |
HealthcareDegreeSearch.com provides higher-education, college and university, degree, program, career, salary, and other helpful information to students, faculty, institutions, and other internet audiences. Presented information and data are subject to change. Inclusion on this website does not imply or represent a direct relationship with the company, school, or brand. Information, though believed correct at time of publication, may not be correct, and no warranty is provided. Contact the schools to verify any information before relying on it. Financial aid may be available for those who qualify. The displayed options may include sponsored or recommended results, not necessarily based on your preferences.
© HealthcareDegreeSearch.com – All Rights Reserved.