2023 Most Popular Education 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.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 41 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Education Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Education Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Western Governors University the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for education students. WGU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.
Out of the 41 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a fairly large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boise, Boise State is a public college with a very large student population.
The excellent programs at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Regis University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
University of Denver did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for education students. It came in at #6 on the list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.
University of Utah ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a very large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.
Montana State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Bozeman is a large public school located in the town of Bozeman.
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public school with a large student population.
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for education students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a very large student population.
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Best Education Colleges by State
Explore the best education colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Utah | 9,070 |
Colorado | 2,359 |
Montana | 397 |
Idaho | 673 |
Wyoming | 164 |
Education Related Majors
Education Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
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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.
- 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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