CSU, CU rank 2nd, 3rd for value among Colorado’s colleges

Colorado State University in Fort Collins provides the second-best bang for the buck among the state’s colleges and universities, according to a new report, with the University of Colorado Boulder coming in third on the list.

The report was released Monday by New York-based SmartAsset, a data-crunching firm that provides tools and reports to help people make financial decisions. The report weighed factors like average scholarships and grants provided, average starting salary for graduates, tuition, student costs of living, and retention rates to arrive at an affordability index score for each school.

CSU ranked 61^st…