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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$20,930 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,734 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master'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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for grade specific ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

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

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BYU are $7,700 per year.

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

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#2

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent master’s degree programs at Western Governors University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WGU are $7,790 a year.

WGU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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#3

Adams State University

Alamosa, CO

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Adams State University is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Alamosa, Adams State is a public school with a small student population.

Adams State graduate students pay an average of $10,896 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $16,689 per year.

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Regis University

Denver, CO

Out of the 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regis University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Regis U graduate students pay an average of $15,079 in tuition and fees each year.

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Utah State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. USU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Logan.

USU graduate students pay an average of $23,225 in tuition and fees each year.

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Weber State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WSU are $18,226 a year.

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Montana State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.

MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

CU Anschutz graduate students pay an average of $24,342 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

University of Idaho did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of I are $29,148 per year.

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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 13 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.

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