2026 Best Value Urban Education & Leadership Schools in Colorado
[Urban Education & Leadership](/majors/education/educational-administration/urban-education-and-leadership/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for urban education & leadership students.
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2026 Best Value Urban Education & Leadership Schools in Colorado
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the urban education & leadership degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Urban Education & Leadership Schools
Our analysis ranked University Of Colorado Denver the best value for a degree in urban education & leadership in Colorado. University Of Colorado Denver is a very large public school located in the city of Denver. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $10,383, with out-of-state students paying around $29,391. Urban Education & Leadership graduates carry a median of $26,582 in student loans. Early-career urban education & leadership graduates make about $81,405. Set against $26,582 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. The acceptance rate is 75%.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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).
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