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2023 Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Montana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,849 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,195 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, education was ranked 2nd in Montana. In fact, 397 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Montana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Montana to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education 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.

2023 Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Montana

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Montana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Education

Our analysis found Montana State University to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Montana. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at MSU Bozeman are $6,805 a year.

MSU Bozeman did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Montana list.

Read full report on Education at Montana State University

Out of the 2 schools in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UM are $6,892 a year.

Read full report on Education at The University of Montana

Best Value Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 9,070
Colorado 2,359
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 2 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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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