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2024 Best Medicine Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

3 Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
723 Medicine Degrees Awarded
$58,470 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in medicine is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #40 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of medicine. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 723 degrees in medicine during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Medicine School

Best Medicine Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medicine 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.

Pick Your Medicine Degree Level

Doctor's Degrees in Medicine

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 Medicine Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Medicine in the Rocky Mountains Region

The schools below may not offer all types of medicine degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Medicine

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
113 Medicine Degrees Awarded
$58,479 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in medicine has to check out University of Utah. U of U is a very large public university located in the city of Salt Lake City.

There were approximately 113 medicine students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career wages of $58,479.

More information about a degree in medicine from University of Utah

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
186 Medicine Degrees Awarded
1.6% Growth in Graduates

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in medicine. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a fairly large student population.

There were approximately 186 medicine students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the medicine program earn about $58,461 for their early career.

More information about a degree in medicine from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CO
279 Medicine Degrees Awarded

Rocky Vista University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. Rocky Vista University is a small private for-profit university located in the suburb of Parker.

There were about 279 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Rocky Vista University in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in medicine from Rocky Vista University

Best Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best medicine schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

StateCollegesDegrees Awarded
Colorado275438
Utah266113
Idaho2190

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One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medicine Concentrations

MajorAnnual Graduates
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy424
Medicine299

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Majors Similar to Medicine

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Nursing21,187
Health & Medical Administrative Services5,813
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants4,014
Allied Health Professions3,957
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services3,389
Health Sciences & Services1,424
Dental Support Services1,284
Public Health1,259
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science1,252
Bioethics/Medical Ethics1,229

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