2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Colorado, there were 386 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 $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great elementary education programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado doctor’s degree elementary teaching students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Colorado

#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 Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Greeley, Colorado, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado doctor’s degree elementary teaching students list, University of Northern Colorado has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Elementary Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. 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.

Read full report on Elementary Education at University of Northern Colorado

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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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