2023 Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Colorado
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Education Associate Degree School for You
Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Colorado. With 3,271 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 9th out of all the majors we track in the state.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Education
Our 2023 rankings named Front Range Community College the best value school in Colorado for education students working on their associate degree. FRCC is a large public school located in the large suburb of Westminster.
FRCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,032 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
FRCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Colorado list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Red Rocks Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Colorado list. Red Rocks Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood.
Red Rocks Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,389 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Pueblo Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Colorado. Pueblo Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Pueblo.
Pueblo Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,536 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Community College of Denver is a great value for education students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Denver, CCD is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCD are $4,745 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado Mesa University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Colorado list. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Junction.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Colorado Mesa are $9,000 a year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Utah | 14,970 |
| Montana | 960 |
| Idaho | 1,626 |
| Wyoming | 529 |
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Majors Related to Education
Education Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| General Education | 29,810 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
| Student Counseling | 13,858 |
| Instructional Media Design | 8,695 |
| Teaching English or French | 5,791 |
| Other Education | 4,858 |
| Teaching Assistants | 2,751 |
| Educational Assessment | 2,552 |
| Multilingual Education | 1,910 |
| Education Philosophy | 737 |
| International Education | 293 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 205,984 |
| Psychology | 195,678 |
| Communication & Journalism | 120,571 |
| Family, Consumer & Human Sciences | 55,820 |
| History | 32,731 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 5 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 Horadrim.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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