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2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

5 Colleges
$40,754 Avg Salary
$21,942 Avg Student Debt

With 43,297 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teacher education subject specific is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular online programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for subject specific ed majors pursuing an online .

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named Western Governors University the most popular online school in the Rocky Mountains Region for teacher education subject specific students. WGU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Salt Lake City.

The average amount in student loans that subject specific ed majors at WGU take out is $24,287.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Boise State University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students pursuing an online degree. Located in the city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

On average, subject specific ed graduates from Boise State take out $23,647 in student loans while working on their degree.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Western Wyoming Community College is a great place for teacher education subject specific students pursuing an online degree. Located in the remote town of Rock Springs, WWCC is a public college with a small student population.

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#4

Regis University

Denver, CO

Out of the 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regis University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design is a great place for teacher education subject specific students pursuing an online degree. Located in the midsize city of Lakewood, RMCAD is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Explore the most popular online teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 245
Utah 2,306
Idaho 478
Wyoming 100
Montana 196

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

Subject Specific Ed Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching 8,121
Reading Teacher Education 6,490
Music Education 4,761
Mathematics Education 3,395
English & Language Arts Education 3,113
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 2,335
Social Studies Education 1,968
Art Education 1,837
Health Education 1,801
Science Education 1,371
Agricultural Teacher Education 1,130
Biology Education 865
History Education 804
Trade & Industrial Teacher Education 715
Technology Education 575
Social Science Teacher Education 474
Technical Teacher Education 462
Spanish Education 457
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist 370
Modern Language Education 338
Drama & Dance Education 293
Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education 286
Chemistry Education 238
Computer Teacher Education 217
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education 185
Earth Science Teacher Education 169
Physics Education 152
Environmental Education 96
Speech Teacher Education 68
French Language Teacher Education 55
Driver & Safety Teacher Education 55
Health Occupations Teacher Education 48
Communication Arts and Literature Teacher Education 22
Distributive Education 11
German Language Teacher Education 8
Psychology Teacher Education 5
Latin Teacher Education 4
Geography Teacher Education 3

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
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 Aparajita Datta.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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