2023 Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Utah
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Education Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, education students earned 14,970 degrees and certificates from an Utah school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Master's Degree Schools in Utah ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Utah to see which master's degree 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Education
Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in Utah for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
BYU also made our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Utah list, coming in at #1.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Governors University is a great value for education students working on their master’s degree. WGU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Salt Lake City.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WGU are $7,790 per year.
WGU also made our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Utah list, coming in at #2.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Utah. U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $8,068 per year.
U of U also made our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Utah list, coming in at #4.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great value for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
USU graduate students pay an average of $7,366 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
USU also took the #5 spot in our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Utah rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Utah University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Utah list. Southern Utah University is a large public school located in the town of Cedar City.
Southern Utah University graduate students pay an average of $8,294 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Westminster College Utah landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree education programs. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Westminster College Salt Lake graduate students pay an average of $16,689 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Westminster College Salt Lake also took the #3 spot in our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Utah rankings.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 3,271 |
| Montana | 960 |
| Idaho | 1,626 |
| Wyoming | 529 |
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Education Related Majors for 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 |
Majors Similar to Education
| 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 6 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.
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