by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 783 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,358 and $19,756 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 103 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. That schools that top this list have a program in general education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree education students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Chief Dull Knife College landed the #1 spot on the list. Chief Dull Knife College is located in Lame Deer, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s education degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Education at Chief Dull Knife College
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Little Big Horn College landed the #2 spot on the list. Little Big Horn College is a small school located in Crow Agency, Montana that handed out 5 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Education at Little Big Horn College
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana - Western landed the #3 spot on the list. Montana Western is a small school located in Dillon, Montana that handed out 38 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Full The University of Montana - Western General Education Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Laramie County Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Cheyenne, Wyoming is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s education degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Education at Laramie County Community College
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Miles Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Miles City, Montana, this small public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Education at Miles Community College
Snow College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Ephraim, Utah, and it awarded 11 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, North Idaho College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. North Idaho College is a small school located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho that handed out 10 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Education at North Idaho College
With a ranking of #8, Weber State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Weber State University is located in Ogden, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 associates’s education degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Montana State University - Billings ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Billings, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s education degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Full Montana State University - Billings General Education Report
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