2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

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Teacher Education is the 110th most popular major in the country with 8,205 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 194 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 83 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in teacher education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teacher 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 teacher 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 Teacher Education 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 Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#1

Brigham Young University - Provo

Provo, Utah

$7,510 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Provo is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.

BYU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at BYU are $7,510, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Adams State University

Alamosa, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$10,551 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Adams State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Alamosa, Colorado, this small public school handed out 66 degrees to qualified masters’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Adams State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Adams State University are $10,551, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$41,933 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. Colorado College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It awarded 10 masters’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado College also made our “Best Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado College are $41,933, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (With Aid)

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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