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2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$20,520 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,137 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate 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.

The Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Colorado to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for education 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.

2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Education

Our analysis found Colorado State University - Global Campus to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Colorado. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greenwood Village.

Colorado State University - Global Campus graduate students pay an average of $9,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State University - Global Campus did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list.

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#2

Regis University

Denver, CO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Regis University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Located in the large city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Regis U graduate students pay an average of $15,079 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Regis U not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great value for education students working on their graduate certificate. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Colorado State are $13,313 a year.

Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Metropolitan State University of Denver helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Colorado. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Denver are $10,364 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Colorado. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCCS are $13,854 a year.

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#6

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

Colorado Mesa University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Grand Junction.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado Mesa are $9,900 per year.

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#7

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate education programs. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

DU graduate students pay an average of $53,943 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

DU also made our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #5.

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State Degrees Awarded
Utah 14,970
Montana 960
Idaho 1,626
Wyoming 529

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

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 7 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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