2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You
Special Education is the #29 most popular major in the country with 36,792 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for special ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Special Education
Our 2023 rankings named Metropolitan State University of Denver the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MSU Denver are $12,792 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.
UCCS graduate students pay an average of $25,584 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Boise State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Boise.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Denver helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DU are $53,943 a year.
Request InformationBest Special Education Colleges by State
Explore the best special education schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 340 |
Utah | 1,507 |
Idaho | 81 |
Montana | 22 |
Wyoming | 0 |
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Majors Related to Special Ed
One of 14 majors within the area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
Educational Administration | 46,469 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
General Education | 29,810 |
Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 4 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).
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