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2023 Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular online doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing an online doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Taft University System the most popular online school in the Rocky Mountains Region for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Taft Law School is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

Women make up 24% of the education majors at the school.

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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the large city of Denver.

Women make up 81% of the education majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great place for education students working on their online doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 80% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 20% are male.

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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Boise State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 58% of the education majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northwest Nazarene University is a great place for education students working on their online doctor’s degree. NNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Nampa.

About 56% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 44% are male.

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Utah State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 44% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 56% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Northern Colorado did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 33 students majoring in education at University of Northern Colorado, 27% are male and 73% are female.

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Explore the most popular online 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

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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 7 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.

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