If you plan on getting your master's degree in multilingual education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #123 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Multilingual Education Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 221 master's degrees in multilingual education during the 2021-2022 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on multilingual education students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of multilingual education students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for multilingual education to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized multilingual education related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for multilingual education students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Multilingual Education Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Multilingual Education in the Rocky Mountains Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in multilingual education.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in Multilingual Education
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).