2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

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In 2019-2020, 40,622 people earned their degree in elementary education, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 4,115 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent elementary education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the elementary education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$21,708 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #1 spot on the list. Greeley, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s elementary teaching degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Elementary Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708.

Full University of Northern Colorado Elementary Education Report

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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