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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

32 Colleges
$21,762 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,575 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 110,226 teacher education grade specific students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.

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 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 32 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for grade specific ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Idaho to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Rexburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU - I are $4,416 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Brigham Young University - Provo is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their bachelor’s degree. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.

BYU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,120 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, BYU also is in the top 20% of our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

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#3

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Western Governors University is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WGU are $7,452 per year.

WGU also made our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #3.

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#4

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Wyoming is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW are $16,957 per year. The average amount in student loans that grade specific ed majors at UW take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $20,057.

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Out of the 32 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $16,644 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that grade specific ed majors at WSU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $20,411.

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Utah Valley University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $17,092 per year. On average, grade specific ed graduates from UVU take out $17,392 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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The University of Montana - Western came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Montana Western is a small public school located in the town of Dillon.

Montana Western undergraduate students pay an average of $17,190 in tuition and fees each year. Grade Specific Ed majors at Montana Western take out an average of $27,558 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#8

Dixie State University

Saint George, UT

Dixie State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the small city of Saint George, Dixie State College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Dixie State College undergraduate students pay an average of $16,986 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

With a ranking of #9, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of U are $28,345 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, U of U also did well on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#10

Utah State University

Logan, UT

Utah State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. USU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Logan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USU are $23,435 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, grade specific ed graduates from USU carry an average student debtload of $17,850.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education grade specific schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 839
Utah 3,460
Idaho 615
Montana 425
Wyoming 261

Teacher Education Grade Specific is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Grade Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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 Vgrigas.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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