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2023 Most Popular Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

41 Colleges
$45,204 Avg Salary
$21,571 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education 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.

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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Education Colleges.

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

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.

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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.

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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.

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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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#5

Regis University

Denver, CO

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.

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#6

University of Denver

Denver, CO

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.

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#7

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

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.

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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.

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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
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 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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