2025 Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #8 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 97 doctor's degrees in general educational leadership & administration during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Educational Leadership & Administration School for Your Doctor's Degree

The educational leadership and administration doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general educational leadership & administration students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general educational leadership & administration students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general educational leadership & administration related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general educational leadership & administration students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The educational leadership and administration school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Educational Leadership & Administration in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Administration

1

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

University of Utah is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from University of Utah

2

Northwest Nazarene University
Nampa, ID

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Northwest Nazarene University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Nampa, NNU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from Northwest Nazarene University

3

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration. CU Anschutz is a very large public university located in the city of Denver.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

4

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration has to take a look at University of Northern Colorado. University of Northern Colorado is a moderately-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Greeley.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from University of Northern Colorado

Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best general educational leadership & administration schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	182	76
Utah	144	35
Idaho	57	14
Montana	47	4

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General Educational Leadership & Administration Related Rankings by Major

One of 13 majors within the Educational Administration area of study, General Educational Leadership & Administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Urban Education & Leadership	29
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	19
Other Educational Administration & Supervision	14

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Shai-WMIL. More about our data sources and methodologies.