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2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$19,730 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,049 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You

With 40,555 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, information technology is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for computer science students. 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 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, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for IT students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the IT graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Information Technology

#1

Regis University

Denver, CO

Our analysis found Regis University to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Regis U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Regis U are $15,079 per year.

Regis U also took the #4 spot in our Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.

Colorado State also made our Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #1.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Denver is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.

MSU Denver graduate students pay an average of $12,792 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Information Technology at Metropolitan State University of Denver

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UVU is a very large public school located in the small city of Orem.

UVU graduate students pay an average of $22,005 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Information Technology at Utah Valley University

Best Information Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best information technology colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Montana 3
Wyoming 19
Colorado 326
Utah 2,982
Idaho 98

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, information technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

IT Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security 22,829
Network & System Administration/Administrator 5,501
Information Technology Management 4,009
Computer Support Specialist 3,176
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager 2,077
Information Technology Project Management 2,076
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster 887

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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