2023 Best Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Education Colleges.
Top 10 Best Education Schools
Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best school for education students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
The excellent programs at University of Wyoming helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . UW is a large public school located in the town of Laramie.
Out of the 29 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Governors University landed the # 3 spot on the list. WGU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Salt Lake City.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwest Nazarene University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. NNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Nampa.
With a ranking of #6, Regis University did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students. Regis U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.
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With a ranking of #8, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Utah State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Montana State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for education students. It came in at #10 on the list. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bozeman.
Best Education Colleges by State
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Utah | 9,070 |
| Colorado | 2,359 |
| Montana | 397 |
| Idaho | 673 |
| Wyoming | 164 |
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Education Related Rankings by Major
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
| 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 25 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).
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