2025 Best Elementary Education Schools in Colorado
4Colleges in Colorado
425Elementary Teaching Degrees Awarded
Ranked #17 in popularity, elementary education is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of elementary education. Combined, these schools handed out 425 degrees in elementary education to qualified students.
The elementary teaching program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Elementary Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for elementary education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Elementary Education Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of elementary teaching degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat University of Northern Colorado if you wish to pursue a degree in elementary education. Located in the city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #707 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Northern Colorado is a great university overall.
There were approximately 144 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at University of Northern Colorado in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Colorado at Colorado Springs if you want to pursue a degree in elementary education. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 21st out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 65 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at UCCS in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Colorado Christian University if you want to pursue a degree in elementary education. CCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Lakewood. A Best Colleges rank of #1156 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CCU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 39 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at CCU in the most recent year we have data available.
Metropolitan State University of Denver is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in elementary education. MSU Denver is a fairly large public university located in the city of Denver. This university ranks 24th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 46 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent data year.
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).
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The elementary teaching program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Elementary Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for elementary education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
