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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$26,738 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,870 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Doctor's Degree School for You

With 45,458 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, educational administration is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education admin majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for educational administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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

BYU also made our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #4.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwest Nazarene University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. NNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Nampa.

NNU graduate students pay an average of $10,964 in tuition and fees each year.

NNU also took the #2 spot in our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CU Anschutz is ranked #3 for overall quality for education admin in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Bozeman is a large public school located in the town of Bozeman.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 per year.

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#5

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree educational administration programs. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.

Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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The University of Montana ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UM is a large public school located in the city of Missoula.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UM are $24,096 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Northern Colorado did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Northern Colorado are $22,379 a year.

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#9

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

Idaho State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. ISU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pocatello.

ISU graduate students pay an average of $27,778 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Educational Administration at Idaho State University Report

#10

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree educational administration programs. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DU are $53,943 a year.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best educational administration colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 758
Utah 669
Idaho 149
Montana 96
Wyoming 34

Educational Administration is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Education Admin

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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 Shai-WMIL.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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