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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$19,837 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,501 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for grade specific ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for grade specific ed majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Teacher Education Grade Specific

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named Western Governors University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. WGU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WGU are $7,790 per year.

WGU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Out of the 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the # 2 spot on the list. UW is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Laramie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.

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

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Weber State University is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ogden.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WSU are $18,226 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 per year.

Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate 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 Boise State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 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 5 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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