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2023 Most Popular Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado

7 Schools Ranked

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Colorado to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
37 Total Awards
$53,943 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Denver the most popular school in Colorado for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 37 students in 2020-2021.

Around 62% of those degree recipients were women.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at DU. During the 2019-2020 year, about 84% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#2

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado
33 Total Awards
$13,366 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Located in Greeley, Colorado, the fairly large public school handed out 33 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Around 73% of those degree recipients were women.

University of Northern Colorado does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 81% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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32 Total Awards
$8,052 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Located in Denver, Colorado, the large public school awarded 32 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Around 81% of those degree recipients were women.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at CU Anschutz. In fact, around 75% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#4

Taft University System

Denver, Colorado
25 Total Awards
$5,590 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Taft University System is a great place for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Taft Law School is a very small private for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 25 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 24% were women.

Since the graduate programs at Taft Law School are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.

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15 Total Awards
$13,313 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great place for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, the large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 80% were women.

Online graduate courses are available at Colorado State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 67% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#5

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado
15 Total Awards
$13,901 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Colorado Boulder helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in Colorado. University of Colorado Boulder is a large public school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 15 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 60% of those degree recipients were women.

One thing to take note of is that CU - Boulder does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 62% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#7

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado
8 Total Awards

With a ranking of #7, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

Around 25% of those degree recipients were women.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UCCS. In 2019-2020 about 58% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 7 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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