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2023 Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$30,012 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,282 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Bachelor's Degree School for You

General Education is the #39 most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's 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.

The Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for education 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 General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Education

Our analysis found University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CU Anschutz are $26,376 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, education majors at CU Anschutz accumulate an average of around $28,003 in student debt.

Read full report on General Education at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boise.

Boise State undergraduate students pay an average of $24,980 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Westminster College Utah is a great value for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $38,680 per year.

Read full report on General Education at Westminster College Utah

Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 390
Utah 190
Idaho 64
Montana 51
Wyoming 87

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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