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2023 Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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In 2020-2021, 327,871 education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which online doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Taft University System the most popular online school in the Rocky Mountains Region for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Denver, Taft Law School is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

About 24% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 76% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a great place for education students working on their online doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a very large student population.

About 81% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 19% are male.

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Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 3 spot on the list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Of the 15 students majoring in education at Colorado State, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Boise State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Boise State is a very large public school located in the city of Boise.

About 58% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 42% are male.

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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Northwest Nazarene University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Nampa, NNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in education at NNU, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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Utah State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.

Of the 16 students majoring in education at USU, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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University of Northern Colorado did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Greeley.

Women make up 73% of the education majors at the school.

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Explore the most popular online education schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 3,271
Utah 14,970
Montana 960
Idaho 1,626
Wyoming 529

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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.

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