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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$27,396 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,796 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Science Master'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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Best Value Computer Science Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Top 10 Best Computer Science Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for computer science students working on their master’s degree. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.

BYU also made our Best Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.

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#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 14 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

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

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are $14,312 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, The University of Montana did quite well on this year’s best value schools for computer science students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UM are $24,096 per year.

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Colorado School of Mines did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for computer science students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mines are $40,844 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mines is ranked #3 for overall quality for compsci in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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#8

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

University of Idaho did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for computer science students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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With a ranking of #9, Weber State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for computer science students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WSU are $18,226 a year.

Full Computer Science at Weber State University Report

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for computer science students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCCS are $25,584 per year.

Full Computer Science at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Report

Best Computer Science Colleges by State

Explore the best computer science colleges 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 14 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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