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2023 Best Value Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$30,857 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$112,216 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Science Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 59,565 computer science students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for compsci students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for compsci majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Computer Science

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for computer science students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BYU are $7,700 a year.

BYU also took the #3 spot in our Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

Full Computer Science at Brigham Young University - Provo Report

Out of the 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs landed the # 2 spot on the list. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs graduate students pay an average of $14,312 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs also took the #5 spot in our Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer science schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

U of U graduate students pay an average of $25,705 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Computer Science at University of Utah Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 per year.

Full Computer Science at Montana State University Report

#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Idaho is a great value for computer science students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of I are $29,148 per year.

Full Computer Science at University of Idaho Report

Colorado School of Mines landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree computer science programs. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

Mines graduate students pay an average of $40,844 in tuition and fees each year.

Mines also took the #2 spot in our Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

Full Computer Science at Colorado School of Mines Report

University of Colorado Boulder came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 a year.

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Boise State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree computer science programs. Boise State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Boise.

Boise State graduate students pay an average of $26,558 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Computer Science at Boise State University Report

#9

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DU are $53,943 a year.

Full Computer Science at University of Denver Report

Best Computer Science Colleges by State

Explore the best computer science schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Montana 136
Wyoming 63
Colorado 1,401
Utah 1,366
Idaho 269

Computer Science is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

CompSci Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Computer Science 59,565

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Information Technology 40,555
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Negative Space.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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