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2023 Most Popular Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah

9 Colleges
$36,000 Avg Salary
$25,925 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education Bachelor'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in Utah to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found Western Governors University to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Utah. WGU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Salt Lake City.

Of the 4,178 students majoring in education at WGU, 12% are male and 88% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 401 students majoring in education at USU, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 395 students majoring in education at BYU, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah list. UVU is a very large public school located in the small city of Orem.

About 87% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 13% are male.

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Out of the 9 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. WSU is a very large public school located in the small city of Ogden.

About 86% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 14% are male.

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#6

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT

Southern Utah University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah list. Southern Utah University is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Cedar City.

Of the 124 students majoring in education at Southern Utah University, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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#7

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

Of the 64 students majoring in education at U of U, 8% are male and 92% are female.

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#8

Dixie State University

Saint George, UT

Dixie State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah list. Dixie State College is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Saint George.

Women make up 95% of the education majors at the school.

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#9

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Westminster College Utah came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah ranking. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Explore all the Most Popular Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 3,271
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

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 9 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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