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2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$24,174 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,074 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Curriculum & Instruction Master's Degree School for You

With 19,832 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, curriculum and instruction is the #6 most popular major in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for curriculum students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the curriculum master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Curriculum & Instruction Master's Degree Schools

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found Western Governors University to be the best value school for curriculum and instruction students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

WGU graduate students pay an average of $7,790 in tuition and fees each year.

WGU also took the #2 spot in our Best Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwest Nazarene University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the suburb of Nampa, NNU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

NNU graduate students pay an average of $10,964 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at Northwest Nazarene University

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Colorado Christian University is a great value for curriculum and instruction students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood, CCU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CCU are $14,626 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a great value for curriculum and instruction students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

CU Anschutz graduate students pay an average of $24,342 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 a year.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at Montana State University Report

Utah State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

USU graduate students pay an average of $23,225 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, USU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at Utah State University Report

Utah Valley University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree curriculum and instruction programs. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UVU are $22,005 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, Boise State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for curriculum and instruction students working on their master’s degree. Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boise.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 per year.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at Boise State University

#9

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

With a ranking of #9, University of Idaho did quite well on this year’s best value schools for curriculum and instruction students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of I are $29,148 per year.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at University of Idaho

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for curriculum and instruction students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

UCCS graduate students pay an average of $25,584 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Report

Best Curriculum & Instruction Colleges by State

Explore the best curriculum and instruction colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 262
Utah 2,791
Idaho 104
Wyoming 3
Montana 80

Curriculum & Instruction is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Curriculum Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Disarnot.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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