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2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$31,098 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,862 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for special ed majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

Our analysis found Metropolitan State University of Denver to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Denver are $12,792 per year.

Full Special Education at Metropolitan State University of Denver Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCCS are $25,584 per year.

Full Special Education at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Boise State University is a great value for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Boise State is a very large public school located in the city of Boise.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 a year.

Full Special Education at Boise State University Report

#4

University of Denver

Denver, CO

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at DU are $53,943 per year.

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Best Special Education Colleges by State

Explore the best special education schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 255
Utah 491
Idaho 30
Montana 13
Wyoming 0

One of 14 majors within the area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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.

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