2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate School for You
Educational Administration is the #22 most popular major in the country with 46,469 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for education admin 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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Western Governors University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
WGU graduate students pay an average of $7,790 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Nazarene University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of Nampa, NNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
NNU graduate students pay an average of $10,964 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Global Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenwood Village.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State University - Global Campus are $9,000 per year. After completing their Graduate Certificate, education admin graduates from Colorado State University - Global Campus carry an average student debtload of $18,119.
Colorado State University - Global Campus did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Wyoming helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a large student population.
UW graduate students pay an average of $17,569 in tuition and fees each year.
UW did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regis University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Regis U graduate students pay an average of $15,079 in tuition and fees each year.
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Montana State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate educational administration programs. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a fairly large student population.
MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #7, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.
Colorado State also took the #5 spot in our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
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University of Utah ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.
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University of Idaho ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.
U of I graduate students pay an average of $29,148 in tuition and fees each year.
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The University of Montana came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UM are $24,096 a year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 758 |
Utah | 669 |
Idaho | 149 |
Montana | 96 |
Wyoming | 34 |
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Majors Related to Education Admin
One of 14 majors within the area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
Special Education | 36,792 |
General Education | 29,810 |
Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
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).
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