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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$20,930 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,734 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value master's 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for grade specific ed majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BYU are $7,700 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BYU is ranked #1 for overall quality for grade specific ed in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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#2

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Governors University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. WGU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.

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

WGU also took the #2 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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#3

Adams State University

Alamosa, CO

Out of the 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Adams State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Adams State is a small public school located in the remote town of Alamosa.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Adams State are $10,896 a year.

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#4

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Westminster College Salt Lake graduate students pay an average of $16,689 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Regis University

Denver, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Regis U are $15,079 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, Utah State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $23,225 per year.

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

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Weber State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ogden.

WSU graduate students pay an average of $18,226 in tuition and fees each year.

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Montana State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. MSU Bozeman is a large public school located in the remote town of Bozeman.

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

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With a ranking of #9, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 a year.

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#10

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

University of Idaho ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of I is a large public school located in the town of Moscow.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of I are $29,148 a year.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education grade specific schools 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 13 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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