2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific 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 Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 39 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value 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.
Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Idaho the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for teacher education grade specific students. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Rexburg.
BYU - I undergraduate students pay an average of $4,416 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, grade specific ed majors at BYU - I accumulate an average of around $16,123 in student debt.
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Out of the 39 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the # 2 spot on the list. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year. Grade Specific Ed majors at BYU take out an average of $13,457 in student loans while working on their egree.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, BYU also is in the top 15% of our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Governors University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the 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 did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Front Range Community College is a great value for teacher education grade specific students. FRCC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Westminster.
FRCC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,454 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that grade specific ed majors at FRCC take out is $18,267.
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Out of the 39 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the 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 is $19,450.
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Adams State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the remote town of Alamosa, Adams State is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Adams State are $17,933 per year.
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With a ranking of #7, Red Rocks Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students. Red Rocks Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Red Rocks Community College are $15,811 a year. Grade Specific Ed majors at Red Rocks Community College take out an average of $15,875 in student loans while working on their egree.
Red Rocks Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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Salt Lake Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for teacher education grade specific students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Community College is a public school with a very large student population.
Salt Lake Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $12,734 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, grade specific ed graduates from Salt Lake Community College carry an average student debtload of $11,847.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Salt Lake Community College also did well on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Utah Valley University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for teacher education grade specific students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,092 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, grade specific ed graduates from UVU carry an average student debtload of $11,375.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UVU also is in the top 15% of our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
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Weber State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the 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. Grade Specific Ed majors at WSU take out an average of $16,166 in student loans while working on their egree.
Request InformationBest Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State
Explore the best teacher education grade specific colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 839 |
| Utah | 3,460 |
| Idaho | 615 |
| Montana | 425 |
| Wyoming | 261 |
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Teacher Education Grade Specific Related Majors for Grade Specific Ed
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).
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