2024 Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in higher education/higher education administration, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #39 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for higher education/higher education administration students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 12 doctor's degrees in higher education/higher education administration to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on higher education/higher education administration students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other higher education/higher education administration students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized higher education/higher education administration related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for higher education/higher education administration students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in the Rocky Mountains Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in higher education/higher education administration.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Doctorate in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

1

University of Denver
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Denver if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in higher education/higher education administration. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Denver.More information about a doctorate in higher education/higher education administration from University of Denver

2

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in higher education/higher education administration needs to take a look at Montana State University. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in higher education/higher education administration from Montana State University

Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best higher education/higher education administration schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	182	7
Montana	47	5

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Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Related Rankings by Major

Higher Education/Higher Education Administration is one of 13 different types of Educational Administration programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Educational Leadership & Administration	129
Urban Education & Leadership	23
Other Educational Administration & Supervision	15

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Shai-WMIL. More about our data sources and methodologies.