2025 Best Education Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

Education is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of education. Combined, these schools handed out 1,860 master's degrees in education to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Education School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of education for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality education program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

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 education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of 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 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 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 master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Education Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Education Master's Degree Schools in Colorado list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Education in Colorado

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for education students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Colorado Schools for a Master's in Education

1

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

428 Annual Graduates

University of Northern Colorado is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in education. University of Northern Colorado is a moderately-sized public university located in the midsize city of Greeley.More information about a master’s in education from University of Northern Colorado

2

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

323 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in education. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public university located in the city of Denver.More information about a master’s in education from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

3

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

172 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in education has to take a look at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. UCCS is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Colorado Springs.More information about a master’s in education from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

4

Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, CO

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

47 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in education needs to take a look at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in education from Metropolitan State University of Denver

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	30	8,776
Montana	26	283
Idaho	25	450
Wyoming	23	78

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Education Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	405
General Education	306
Special Education	259
Teacher Education Grade Specific	232
Curriculum & Instruction	165
Teacher Education Subject Specific	156
Student Counseling	149
Multilingual Education	139
Educational Assessment	17
Education Philosophy	11

Most Popular Majors Related to Education

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Library Science	127

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.