2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Learning Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Learning Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,541 people earned their degree in learning sciences, making the major the 337th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,228 learning sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 learning sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Learning Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in learning sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in learning sciences.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The learning sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Learning Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s”.

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Most Well Attended Learning Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Learning Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Learning Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, Utah

#5 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Governors University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Learning Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s. WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 masters’s learning sciences degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Learning Sciences at Western Governors University

2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado

#2 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Learning Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. University of Colorado Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Learning Sciences at University of Colorado Boulder

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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