by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Mathematics Education is the 204th most popular major in the country with 3,269 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 977 mathematics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 710 mathematics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,612 and $39,317 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mathematics education. That schools that top this list have a program in mathematics education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Governors University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 701 masters’s math teacher education degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. CU Anschutz is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s math teacher education degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s math teacher education students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boise State University is located in Boise, Idaho and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s math teacher education degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #5 spot on the list. UM is a medium-sized public school situated in Missoula, Montana. It awarded 1 masters’s math teacher education degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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