2023 Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
There are so many teaching programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Colorado to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for teaching students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado
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Our 2023 rankings named Front Range Community College the best value school in Colorado for teaching students working on their basic certificate. This fairly large public school is located in Westminster, Colorado, and it awarded 245 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
FRCC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,454 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at FRCC. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 38% took at least some of their classes online.
FRCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado list.
The excellent basic certificate programs at Red Rocks Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Colorado. Red Rocks Community College is a medium-sized public school located in Lakewood, Colorado that handed out 85 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Red Rocks Community College are $15,811 a year.
Red Rocks Community College does offer online classes for certain degree levels. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 75% took at least some of their classes online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Red Rocks Community College is ranked #2 for overall quality in Colorado.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pueblo Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Pueblo Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Pueblo, Colorado. It awarded 96 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
Pueblo Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $15,958 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Pueblo Community College. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 35% took at least some of their classes online.
Pueblo Community College also made our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #3.
Out of the 4 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s value ranking, Community College of Denver landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in Denver, Colorado, the medium-sized public school handed out 24 basic certificate awards in 2020-2021.
CCD undergraduate students pay an average of $16,167 in tuition and fees each year.
CCD does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 38% took at least some of their classes online.
CCD also took the #4 spot in our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado rankings.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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