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2023 Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

20 Colleges
$54,435 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 46,469 educational administration students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 20 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best school in the Rocky Mountains Region for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.

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#3

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent master’s degree programs at Western Governors University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . WGU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Salt Lake City.

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#4

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 20 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 4 spot on the list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

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#5

Rocky Mountain College

Billings, MT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rocky Mountain College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Rocky is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Billings.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

With a ranking of #7, University of Idaho did quite well on this year’s best schools for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. U of I is a fairly large public school located in the town of Moscow.

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With a ranking of #8, Montana State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. MSU Bozeman is a large public school located in the town of Bozeman.

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#9

Regis University

Denver, CO

Regis University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Regis U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

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Northwest Nazarene University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. NNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Nampa.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best educational administration colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 758
Utah 669
Idaho 149
Wyoming 34
Montana 96

Educational Administration is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Education Admin Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Educational Leadership & Administration 32,837
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 4,709
Other Educational Administration & Supervision 2,247
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision 1,727
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship 1,572
Superintendency & Educational System Administration 1,107
Urban Education & Leadership 736
Adult & Continuing Education Administration 462
Secondary School Administration/Principalship 452
Community College Education 354
Administration of Special Education 186
Early Childhood Program Administration 70
International School Administration/Leadership 10

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Shai-WMIL.

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