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2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$23,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Secondary Education is the 88th most popular major in the country with 9,530 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 168 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in secondary education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality secondary education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the secondary education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s secondary teaching students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree secondary teaching students with aid list, USU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USU are $22,598, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Secondary Education at USU

#2

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #2 spot on the list. UM is a medium-sized public school situated in Missoula, Montana. It awarded 1 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree secondary teaching students with aid list, UM has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Secondary Education at The University of Montana

#3

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado College landed the #3 spot on the list. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s secondary teaching degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Secondary Education Master’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 Colorado College are $41,933.

Read more about Secondary Education at Colorado College

#4

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s secondary teaching degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Westminster College Salt Lake also took the #3 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Westminster College Salt Lake are $14,669.

Full Westminster College Utah Secondary Education Report

#5

Regis University

Denver, Colorado
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Regis University landed the #5 spot on the list. Regis University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Regis U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regis U are $14,322, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Secondary Education at Regis University

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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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