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2023 Most Popular Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado

4 Colleges
$49,862 Avg Salary
$22,246 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Special Education is the #48 most popular major in Colorado with 340 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Colorado to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Special Education program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Special Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

University of Denver

Denver, CO

Our 2023 rankings named University of Denver the most popular school in Colorado for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 4 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the # 2 spot on the list. UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

Read full report on Special Education at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Metropolitan State University of Denver is a great place for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Colorado Christian University is a great place for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Lakewood, CCU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Special Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 1,507
Idaho 81
Montana 22
Wyoming 0

One of 14 majors within the area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Special Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to woodleywonderworks.

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