2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Special Education Doctor's Degree School for You

With 25,158 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, special education is the #10 most popular major in the United States.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Special Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for special ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Special Education

#1

Utah State University

Logan, UT

3 Doctor's Degrees

#14 in Quality in the Rocky Mountains Region

$23,225 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Utah State University to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

USU graduate students pay an average of $23,225 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, CO

7 Doctor's Degrees

#16 in Quality in the Rocky Mountains Region

$22,379 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Greeley.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Northern Colorado are $22,379 a year.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

4 Doctor's Degrees

#9 in Quality in the Rocky Mountains Region

$25,705 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 woodleywonderworks.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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