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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$16,635 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,979 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree School for You

Teacher Education Grade Specific is the most popular major in the United States with 6,346 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for grade specific ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Idaho to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Rexburg, BYU - I is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

BYU - I undergraduate students pay an average of $4,416 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BYU - I is ranked #4 for overall quality for grade specific ed in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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#2

Front Range Community College

Westminster, CO

Out of the 11 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Front Range Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Westminster, FRCC is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FRCC are $15,454 per year.

FRCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UVU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Orem.

UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,092 in tuition and fees each year. Grade Specific Ed majors at UVU take out an average of $13,534 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

UVU also took the #2 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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#4

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Salt Lake Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Salt Lake Community College is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Salt Lake Community College are $12,734 per year. On average, grade specific ed graduates from Salt Lake Community College take out $13,354 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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The excellent associate degree programs at The University of Montana - Western helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Dillon, Montana Western is a public college with a small student population.

Montana Western undergraduate students pay an average of $17,190 in tuition and fees each year.

Montana Western did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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Red Rocks Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Lakewood, Red Rocks Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Red Rocks Community College are $15,811 per year.

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#7

Dixie State University

Saint George, UT

Dixie State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree teacher education grade specific programs. Dixie State College is a large public school located in the city of Saint George.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dixie State College are $16,986 per year.

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Pueblo Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Pueblo, Pueblo Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Pueblo Community College are $15,958 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, grade specific ed majors at Pueblo Community College accumulate an average of around $19,698 in student debt.

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With a ranking of #9, Lewis - Clark State College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their associate degree. Lewis - Clark State College is a small public school located in the small city of Lewiston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lewis - Clark State College are $20,238 per year.

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Community College of Denver landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree teacher education grade specific programs. CCD is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CCD are $16,167 a year.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 839
Utah 3,460
Idaho 615
Wyoming 261
Montana 425

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

Grade Specific Ed Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Elementary Education 43,003
Early Childhood Education 32,920
Secondary Education 10,547
Teacher Education 9,949
Teacher Development & Methodology 6,165
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching 3,517
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching 2,450
Adult & Continuing Education 1,074
Montessori Teacher Education 252
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods 140
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching 105
Online Educator/Online Teaching 79
International Teaching and Learning 25

Majors Similar to Grade Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 46,469
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 11 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 Vgrigas.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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