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2023 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

16 Colleges
$77,195 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Doctor's Degree School for You

With 199,724 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, education is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the education doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus to be the best school for education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Boise State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#4

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northwest Nazarene University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . NNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Nampa.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins ranked #6 on this year’s Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#7

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UW is a large public school located in the town of Laramie.

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Utah State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#9

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver ranked #9 on this year’s Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

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University of Colorado Boulder did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Boulder.

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Best Education Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 9,070
Colorado 2,359
Montana 397
Idaho 673
Wyoming 164

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784
Student Counseling 13,840
Instructional Media Design 8,387
Teaching English or French 4,743
Other Education 2,513
Multilingual Education 1,672
Educational Assessment 1,215
Education Philosophy 421
International Education 257
Teaching Assistants 20

Related Major Annual Graduates
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Horadrim.

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