2025 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado

Education is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #3 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 168 doctor's degrees in education during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to education students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of education students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt education students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for education students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Education in Colorado

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in education.

Top Colorado Schools for a Doctorate in Education

1

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

39 Annual Graduates

University of Northern Colorado is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in education. Located in the midsize city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in education from University of Northern Colorado

2

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

37 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in education. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in education from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Best Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Education Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	24	90
Montana	15	18
Idaho	15	43
Wyoming	12	16

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Education Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	103
Educational Assessment	24
Curriculum & Instruction	15
Teacher Education Grade Specific	13
Student Counseling	6
Special Education	3
Multilingual Education	2
Instructional Media Design	1
Education Philosophy	1

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 Horadrim. More about our data sources and methodologies.