2023 Best Value Healthcare Master's Degree 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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.
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Top Value Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in Colorado
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Our analysis found University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus to be the best value school for healthcare students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Colorado. CU Anschutz is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 536 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 a year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at CU Anschutz. In fact, around 75% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
CU Anschutz also made our Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #5.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Red Rocks Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Located in Lakewood, Colorado, the medium-sized public school awarded 31 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Red Rocks Community College are $12,345 a year.
Red Rocks Community College also made our Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #2.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Colorado State University - Pueblo helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in Colorado. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a medium-sized public school situated in Pueblo, Colorado. It awarded 31 master’s degrees 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.
Online graduate courses are available at Colorado State University - Pueblo, 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 99% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Colorado State University - Global Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in Colorado. Greenwood Village, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out master’s degrees to 343 students in 2020-2021.
Colorado State University - Global Campus graduate students pay an average of $9,000 in tuition and fees each year.
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.
Out of the 14 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s value ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 5 spot on the list. Colorado State is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 75 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.
Colorado State 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. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 67% took at least some of their classes online.
Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.
University of Colorado Boulder came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out master’s degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
CU - Boulder graduate students pay an average of $33,953 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at CU - Boulder. In fact, around 62% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
CU - Boulder did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.
Metropolitan State University of Denver ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Located in Denver, Colorado, the fairly large public school awarded 27 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students 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. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 50% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Colorado Mesa University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Colorado Mesa is a public institution located in Grand Junction, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Colorado Mesa graduate students pay an average of $14,535 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that Colorado Mesa does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 67% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Northern Colorado landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree healthcare programs. Located in Greeley, Colorado, the fairly large public school handed out 63 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
University of Northern Colorado graduate students pay an average of $22,379 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at University of Northern Colorado. In fact, around 81% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a fairly large public school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that handed out 64 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UCCS graduate students pay an average of $25,584 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UCCS. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 58% took at least some of their classes online.
Regis University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree healthcare programs. Regis University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 213 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Regis U graduate students pay an average of $15,079 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at Regis U, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 69% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Colorado Christian University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. CCU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Lakewood, Colorado. It awarded 10 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CCU are $14,626 a year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at CCU. In 2019-2020 about 95% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #13, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs did quite well on this year’s best value schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit institution located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 256 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are $14,312 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 100% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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University of Denver did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for healthcare students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #14 on the list. Located in Denver, Colorado, the fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 43 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students 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 #3 on our Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 14 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.
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