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Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

7 Colleges
$61,137 Avg Salary
$20,697 Avg Student Debt

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online education graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Rocky Mountains Region .

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named Western Governors University the most popular online school in the Rocky Mountains Region for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 137 students majoring in education at WGU, 19% are male and 81% are female.

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#2

Regis University

Denver, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 90% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 10% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boise.

About 75% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 25% are male.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Global Campus is a great place for education students working on their online graduate certificate. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greenwood Village.

Women make up 60% of the education majors at the school.

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#5

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 70 students majoring in education at UW, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, Northwest Nazarene University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Nampa, NNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 42 students majoring in education at NNU, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

Of the 20 students majoring in education at Colorado State, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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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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