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Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
With all the business 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. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
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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 Business Associate Degree Schools in Colorado
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Our rankings named Front Range Community College the best value school in Colorado for business students working on their associate degree. FRCC is a public institution located in Westminster, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 48 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FRCC are $15,454 per year. On average, associate degree students take out $23,281 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Online courses are available at FRCC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 38% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
FRCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pikes Peak Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s list. PPCC is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 54 associate degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at PPCC are $15,403 a year. Associate Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $15,176 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
One thing to take note of is that PPCC does offer online classes in some areas. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 47% took at least some of their classes online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, PPCC is ranked #3 for overall quality in Colorado.
Out of the 6 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s value ranking, Arapahoe Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Littleton, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associate degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Arapahoe Community College are $15,502 a year. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,064 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Arapahoe Community College does offer online classes for certain majors. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 33% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Mountain College. It ranked #4 on our list. Located in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, the medium-sized public school handed out 45 associate degree awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Colorado Mountain College are $11,484 a year. On average, associate degree students take out $16,827 in loans while pursuing their degree.
One thing to take note of is that Colorado Mountain College does offer online classes in some areas. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 33% took at least some of their classes online.
Colorado Mountain College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our list.
The excellent associate degree programs at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business schools in Colorado. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a large private for-profit school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that handed out 1,705 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are $12,581 a year. On average, associate degree students take out $29,574 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 100% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs also made our list, coming in at #1.
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With a ranking of #6, Colorado Christian University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their associate degree. CCU is located in Lakewood, Colorado and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 associate degrees to qualified students.
CCU undergraduate students pay an average of $25,473 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $31,951 in student loans.
CCU does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 51% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
CCU also made our list, coming in at #5.
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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.
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