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2021 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region

24 Colleges
3,863 Bachelor's Degrees
$25,674 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region

This year's Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking analyzed 24 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in grade specific ed. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teacher education grade specific programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the teacher education grade specific program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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2021 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT

Western Governors University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that are best for non-traditional teacher education grade specific students. Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. All 150,116 students take classes exclusively online at WGU.

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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Utah State University. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan. USU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

About 0.8% of USU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 13,751 students at USU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 9,734 part time students in attendance at USU.

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Our rankings recognize Brigham Young University - Provo as the #3 school in this year's rankings. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo. BYU also made our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #1.

The student loan default rate at BYU is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,325 students at BYU that take at least one class online. 4,504 students are part time.

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Weber State University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 1.0% of WSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,573 students at WSU that take at least one class online. 17,729 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize Southern Utah University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the remote town of Cedar City, Southern Utah University is a public school with a large student population. Southern Utah University also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

The student loan default rate at Southern Utah University is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,613 students at Southern Utah University that take at least one class online. About 4,998 of the students at Southern Utah University are attending part time.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Colorado State has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 12,180 students take at least one class online at Colorado State. 9,631 of Colorado State students are attending part time.

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Northwest Nazarene University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Nampa, NNU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. NNU also made our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #7.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. 670 of NNU students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 433 part time students in attendance at NNU.

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University of Northern Colorado landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best teacher education grade specific schools for non-traditional students. University of Northern Colorado is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Greeley. As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Northern Colorado, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 3,583 students at University of Northern Colorado that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,468 part time students in attendance at University of Northern Colorado.

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Our rankings recognize Idaho State University as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Pocatello, ISU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.9%. There are approximately 4,680 students at ISU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,142 part time students in attendance at ISU.

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University of Idaho landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best teacher education grade specific schools for non-traditional students. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a fairly large student population. U of I not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

The student loan default rate at U of I is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,845 students at U of I that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,189 part time students in attendance at U of I.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students teacher education grade specific colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 2,524
Colorado 586
Idaho 432
Montana 342
Wyoming 107

Teacher Education Grade Specific is one of 14 different types of Education programs to choose from.

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*Avg Cost is for the top 24 schools only.

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