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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$19,837 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,501 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 34,451 teacher education grade specific students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for grade specific ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Teacher Education Grade Specific

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named Western Governors University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. WGU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Salt Lake City.

WGU graduate students pay an average of $7,790 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UW is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Laramie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.

UW also took the #4 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. WSU is a very large public school located in the city of Ogden.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WSU are $18,226 per year.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a very large student population.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Boise State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education grade specific colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 182
Utah 706
Idaho 82
Montana 20
Wyoming 15

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Vgrigas.

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