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2022 Best Vallue Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

5 Ranked Colleges
265 Degrees Awarded
$24,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Physician Assistant Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physician Assistant is the 76th most popular major in the country with 10,746 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 265 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 265 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in physician assistant. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physician assistant programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the physician assistant program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 42 masters’s physician assistant degrees to qualified students.

U of U also made our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Physician Assistant at University of Utah

#2

Red Rocks Community College

Lakewood, Colorado
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Red Rocks Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Red Rocks Community College is a medium-sized school located in Lakewood, Colorado that handed out 28 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Red Rocks Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Red Rocks Community College are $12,345, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Red Rocks Community College Physician Assistant Report

#3

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #3 spot on the list. ISU is a public institution located in Pocatello, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 71 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ISU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Idaho State University are $26,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physician Assistant at Idaho State University

#4

Rocky Mountain College

Billings, Montana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rocky Mountain College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Rocky Mountain College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Billings, Montana. It awarded 36 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Rocky did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rocky Mountain College are $34,805.

Read more about Physician Assistant at Rocky Mountain College

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physician assistant degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Physician Assistant at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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