2023 Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Colorado
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Education Undergraduate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate 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 undergraduate certificate 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 Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Education
Our analysis found Front Range Community College to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Colorado. FRCC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Westminster.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FRCC are $4,032 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, FRCC is ranked #5 for overall quality for education in Colorado.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Red Rocks Community College is a great value for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Red Rocks Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lakewood.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Red Rocks Community College are $4,389 per year.
Red Rocks Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Pueblo Community College is a great value for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Pueblo Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Pueblo.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pueblo Community College are $4,536 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Denver. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Located in the city of Denver, CCD is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
CCD undergraduate students pay an average of $4,745 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent undergraduate 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.
UCCS undergraduate students pay an average of $10,994 in in-state tuition and fees each 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.