Colorado Best Graduate Schools
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| School Name | Colorado State University-Fort Collins |
|---|---|
| Address | 102 Administration Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0100 |
| Phone | 970-491-1101 |
| Web | https://www.colostate.edu |
| Online Application | https://admissions.colostate.edu/onlineapplication |
| Financial Info | https://sfs.colostate.edu |
| School Type | Public, 4 years |
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| Tuition & Fees | $29,220 $13,490 for Colorado Residents |
| Student Population | 7,626 |
| Offered Degrees/Programs | Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice) |
| Number of Programs | 261 graduate programs (69 programs available online learning) |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 17 to 1 |
| Distance Learning (Online Classes) | 69 Online Programs Available |
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| Colorado Residents | Out-of-State | |||
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| Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
| 2018-2019 | $10,214 | $2,281 | $25,040 | $2,281 |
| 2019-2020 | $10,520 | $2,351 | $25,791 | $2,351 |
| 2020-2021 | $10,520 | $2,264 | $25,791 | $2,264 |
| 2021-2022 | $10,834 | $2,479 | $26,564 | $2,479 |
| 2022-2023 | $10,834 | $2,656 | $26,564 | $2,656 |
| Residents | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | $13,490 | $29,220 |
| All Graduate Schools | $16,006 | $19,532 |
| Public | $11,452 | $20,604 |
| Private | $19,609 | |
| Colorado Graduate Schools | $16,263 | $19,895 |
| Public | $12,189 | $20,895 |
| Private | $21,106 | |
| Living On-Campus | Living Off-Campus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Room & Board | Other Expense | Room & Board | Other Expense | |
| 2018-2019 | $11,964 | $1,360 | $11,547 | $1,360 |
| 2019-2020 | $12,430 | $1,404 | $11,799 | $1,404 |
| 2020-2021 | $10,787 | $1,665 | $11,440 | $1,665 |
| 2021-2022 | $13,016 | $1,799 | $11,844 | $1,799 |
| 2022-2023 | $13,728 | $2,647 | $12,411 | $2,647 |
| Colorado Residents | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-2019 | $567 | $1,391 |
| 2019-2020 | $584 | $1,433 |
| 2020-2021 | $584 | $1,433 |
| 2021-2022 | $602 | $1,476 |
| 2022-2023 | $602 | $1,476 |
| Colorado Residents | Out-of-State | |||
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| Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
| Veterinary Medicine | $36,434 | $2,889 | $60,653 | $2,889 |
| Award Level | Total Number of Programs | Available Online Class | Number of Completers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master's Degree | 87 | 25 | 1,721 |
| Doctor's degree - research/scholarship | 51 | 3 | 313 |
| Doctor's degree - other | 1 | 0 | 147 |
| Post Bachelor's Degree | 45 | 31 | 390 |
| Total | 184 | 59 | 2,571 |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marketing/Marketing Management | ✔ | 38 | - |
| Finance | ✔ | 37 | - |
| Data Analytics, General | ✔ | 31 | - |
| Sustainability Studies | ✔ | 26 | - |
| Management Science | ✔ | 25 | - |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management | ✕ | 321 | $78,800 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision (other) | ✔ | 90 | - |
| Biomedical Sciences | ✕ | 82 | - |
| Information Science/Studies | ✔ | 70 | $79,200 |
| Engineering | ✕ | 65 | $75,000 |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterinary Medicine | ✕ | 147 | - |
| Chemistry | ✕ | 32 | - |
| Educational Administration and Supervision (other) | ✔ | 22 | - |
| Systems Engineering | ✔ | 20 | - |
| Civil Engineering | ✔ | 20 | - |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 41 completers | - |
| Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Agricultural Economics | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Animal Sciences | ✕ | 10 | - |
| Horticultural Science | ✕ | 5 | - |
| Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Range Science and Management | ✔ | 1 | - |
| Soil Science and Agronomy | ✕ | 4 | - |
| Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences | ✕ | 15 | - |
| Natural Resources and Conservation [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 144 completers | - |
| Natural Resources/Conservation | ✔ | 59 | - |
| Natural Resources Management and Policy | ✕ | 19 | $36,600 |
| Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management | ✕ | 6 | - |
| Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism | ✔ | 53 | - |
| Forest Sciences and Biology | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Architecture [+] | ✕ | 1 completers | - |
| Landscape Architecture | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+] | ✕ | 2 completers | - |
| Ethnic Studies | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Communication and Journalism [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 29 completers | - |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | ✕ | 9 | - |
| Communication and Media Studies (other) | ✕ | 6 | - |
| Journalism | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | ✔ | 11 | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 126 completers | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences | ✕ | 56 | - |
| Information Science/Studies | ✔ | 70 | $79,200 |
| Education [+] | ✔ (3 completers) | 134 completers | - |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | ✔ | 21 | - |
| Educational Administration and Supervision (other) | ✔ | 90 | - |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services (other) | ✕ | 16 | - |
| Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching | ✔ | 7 | - |
| Engineering [+] | ✔ (4 completers) | 170 completers | $75,000 |
| Engineering | ✕ | 65 | $75,000 |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Chemical Engineering | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Civil Engineering | ✔ | 29 | $63,000 |
| Computer Engineering | ✔ | 16 | - |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | ✕ | 29 | - |
| Mechanical Engineering | ✔ | 19 | - |
| Systems Engineering | ✔ | 9 | - |
| Engineering Technology [+] | ✕ | 7 completers | - |
| Construction Engineering Technology/Technician | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+] | ✕ | 5 completers | - |
| Foreign Languages and Literatures | ✕ | 5 | - |
| Work and Family Studies [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 10 completers | - |
| Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | ✕ | 8 | - |
| Apparel and Textile Marketing Management | ✔ | 2 | - |
| English Language and Literature [+] | ✕ | 27 completers | - |
| English Language and Literature | ✕ | 18 | - |
| Creative Writing | ✕ | 9 | - |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] | ✕ | 189 completers | - |
| Biology/Biological Sciences | ✕ | 4 | - |
| Biomedical Sciences | ✕ | 82 | - |
| Biochemistry | ✕ | 12 | - |
| Botany/Plant Biology | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Microbiology | ✕ | 26 | - |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | ✕ | 1 | $38,800 |
| Wildlife Biology | ✕ | 19 | - |
| Toxicology | ✕ | 26 | - |
| Biotechnology | ✕ | 4 | - |
| Ecology | ✕ | 8 | - |
| Environmental Biology | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Mathematics and Statistics [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 46 completers | - |
| Mathematics | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Statistics | ✔ | 1 | - |
| Applied Statistics, General | ✔ | 38 | - |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 56 completers | - |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | ✔ | 17 | - |
| Natural Sciences | ✕ | 17 | - |
| Nutrition Sciences | ✔ | 22 | - |
| Sustainability Studies | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+] | ✕ | 26 completers | - |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management | ✕ | 16 | - |
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science | ✕ | 9 | - |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies [+] | ✕ | 3 completers | - |
| Philosophy | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Physical Sciences [+] | ✕ | 53 completers | - |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | ✕ | 15 | - |
| Chemistry | ✕ | 9 | - |
| Geology/Earth Science | ✕ | 11 | - |
| Physics | ✕ | 10 | - |
| Materials Science | ✕ | 8 | - |
| Psychology [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 27 completers | - |
| Psychology | ✕ | 11 | - |
| Industrial and Organizational Psychology | ✔ | 16 | - |
| Human Services [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 66 completers | - |
| Public Administration | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Social Work | ✔ | 63 | $40,800 |
| Social Sciences [+] | ✕ | 25 completers | - |
| Anthropology | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | ✕ | 8 | - |
| Political Science and Government | ✕ | 4 | - |
| Sociology | ✕ | 6 | - |
| Visual and Performing Arts [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 67 completers | - |
| Fine/Studio Arts | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Music | ✔ | 34 | $34,700 |
| Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management | ✔ | 30 | - |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 66 completers | - |
| Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling | ✕ | 8 | - |
| Environmental Health | ✔ | 2 | - |
| Occupational Therapy/Therapist | ✕ | 49 | - |
| Business [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 372 completers | $87,300 |
| Business Administration and Management | ✕ | 321 | $78,800 |
| Accounting | ✔ | 32 | $57,100 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other) | ✔ | 19 | - |
| History [+] | ✕ | 12 completers | - |
| History | ✕ | 12 | - |
| Total | 1,721 |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 28 completers | - |
| Agricultural Economics | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Animal Sciences | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Horticultural Science | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management | ✕ | 8 | - |
| Range Science and Management | ✔ | 1 | - |
| Soil Science and Agronomy | ✕ | 5 | - |
| Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Natural Resources and Conservation [+] | ✕ | 2 completers | - |
| Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Forest Sciences and Biology | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Communication and Journalism [+] | ✕ | 5 completers | - |
| Communication and Media Studies (other) | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences [+] | ✕ | 10 completers | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences | ✕ | 10 | - |
| Education [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 22 completers | - |
| Educational Administration and Supervision (other) | ✔ | 22 | - |
| Engineering [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 74 completers | - |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | ✕ | 6 | - |
| Chemical Engineering | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Civil Engineering | ✕ | 20 | - |
| Computer Engineering | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | ✕ | 10 | - |
| Mechanical Engineering | ✔ | 15 | - |
| Systems Engineering | ✕ | 20 | - |
| Work and Family Studies [+] | ✕ | 2 completers | - |
| Human Development and Family Studies | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] | ✕ | 63 completers | - |
| Biology/Biological Sciences | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Biomedical Sciences | ✕ | 11 | - |
| Biochemistry | ✕ | 6 | - |
| Botany/Plant Biology | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | ✕ | 4 | - |
| Microbiology | ✕ | 10 | - |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Wildlife Biology | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Exercise Physiology | ✕ | 6 | - |
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Toxicology | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Ecology | ✕ | 18 | - |
| Mathematics and Statistics [+] | ✕ | 18 completers | - |
| Mathematics | ✕ | 11 | - |
| Statistics | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] | ✕ | 2 completers | - |
| Nutrition Sciences | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+] | ✕ | 2 completers | - |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Physical Sciences [+] | ✕ | 50 completers | - |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | ✕ | 11 | - |
| Chemistry | ✕ | 32 | - |
| Geology/Earth Science | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Physics | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Materials Science | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Psychology [+] | ✕ | 16 completers | - |
| Psychology | ✕ | 16 | - |
| Human Services [+] | ✕ | 1 completers | - |
| Social Work | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Social Sciences [+] | ✕ | 14 completers | - |
| Anthropology | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | ✕ | 8 | - |
| Political Science and Government | ✕ | 4 | - |
| Sociology | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✕ | 4 completers | - |
| Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Environmental Health | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Occupational Therapy/Therapist | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Total | 313 |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture [+] | ✕ | 147 completers | - |
| Veterinary Medicine | ✕ | 147 | - |
| Total | 147 |
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 3 completers | - |
| Agricultural and Extension Education Services | ✔ | 2 | - |
| Food Science | ✕ | 1 | - |
| Natural Resources and Conservation [+] | ✔ (5 completers) | 35 completers | - |
| Natural Resources/Conservation | ✔ | 8 | - |
| Environmental Studies | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management | ✔ | 3 | - |
| Land Use Planning and Management/Development | ✔ | 7 | - |
| Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism | ✔ | 9 | - |
| Forest Sciences and Biology | ✔ | 8 | - |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+] | ✕ | 8 completers | - |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other) | ✕ | 8 | - |
| Communication and Journalism [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 6 completers | - |
| Organizational Communication | ✔ | 1 | - |
| Technical and Scientific Communication | ✔ | 5 | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 42 completers | - |
| Computer Programming, Specific Applications | ✕ | 11 | - |
| Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance | ✕ | 10 | - |
| Information Technology Project Management | ✔ | 21 | - |
| Education [+] | ✔ (3 completers) | 29 completers | - |
| Educational Administration and Supervision (other) | ✔ | 21 | - |
| Educational/Instructional Technology | ✔ | 3 | - |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services (other) | ✔ | 2 | - |
| Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Engineering [+] | ✔ (4 completers) | 20 completers | - |
| Engineering | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Water Resources Engineering | ✔ | 1 | - |
| Computer Engineering | ✔ | 1 | - |
| Computer Engineering (other) | ✔ | 2 | - |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Systems Engineering | ✔ | 14 | - |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
| Spanish Language and Literature | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Mathematics and Statistics [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 4 completers | - |
| Statistics (other) | ✔ | 4 | - |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] | ✔ (5 completers) | 79 completers | - |
| Nutrition Sciences | ✔ | 6 | - |
| Dispute Resolution | ✔ | 15 | - |
| Sustainability Studies | ✔ | 26 | - |
| Anthrozoology | ✔ | 1 | - |
| Data Analytics, General | ✔ | 31 | - |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 6 completers | - |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management | ✔ | 6 | - |
| Human Services [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 10 completers | - |
| Youth Services/Administration | ✕ | 7 | - |
| Social Work (other) | ✔ | 3 | - |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 15 completers | - |
| Clinical/Medical Social Work | ✔ | 15 | - |
| Business [+] | ✔ | 133 completers | - |
| Business Administration and Management | ✔ | 9 | - |
| Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management | ✔ | 17 | - |
| Finance | ✔ | 37 | - |
| Tourism and Travel Services Management | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Management Information Systems | ✔ | 7 | - |
| Management Science | ✔ | 25 | - |
| Marketing/Marketing Management | ✔ | 38 | - |
| Total | 390 |
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 7,632 | 3,333 | 4,299 |
| Full-time | 2,939 | 1,084 | 1,855 |
| Part-tme | 4,693 | 2,249 | 2,444 |
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 7,632 | 3,333 | 4,299 |
| American Indian/Native American | 27 | 12 | 15 |
| Asian | 251 | 95 | 156 |
| Black/African American | 201 | 99 | 102 |
| Hispanic | 668 | 255 | 413 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| White | 5,057 | 2,129 | 2,928 |
| Two More | 258 | 92 | 166 |
| Un-Known | 255 | 116 | 139 |
| Non-resident Alien | 906 | 532 | 374 |
| Number of Graduate Students | |
|---|---|
| Total | 7,632 |
| Enrolled Online Exclusively | 2,457 |
| Enrolled Some Online Courses | 1,079 |
| Not in Online Courses | 4,096 |
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 7,632 | 3,333 | 4,299 |
| Age 20-21 | 65 | 14 | 51 |
| Age 22-24 | 1,545 | 582 | 963 |
| Age 25-29 | 2,532 | 1,037 | 1,495 |
| Age 30-34 | 1,515 | 734 | 781 |
| Age 35-39 | 796 | 406 | 390 |
| Age 40-49 | 792 | 371 | 421 |
| Age 50-64 | 354 | 167 | 187 |
| Over 64 | 33 | 22 | 11 |