2024 Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Utah

Ranked #18 in popularity, allied health professions is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Utah ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 151 master's degrees in allied health professions during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Allied Health Professions School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of allied health professions for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality allied health program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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 account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master'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

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 allied health professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of allied health professions 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 much debt allied health professions students go into to obtain their master'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 allied health professions related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for allied health professions students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Allied Health Professions Schools

The allied health 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 Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Utah.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Allied Health Professions in Utah

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in allied health professions.

Top Utah Schools for a Master's in Allied Health

1

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

59 Annual Graduates

$103,076 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of Utah if you wish to pursue a master's degree in allied health professions. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population.

Allied Health Professions master's degree recipients from University of Utah earn a boost of approximately $20,830 above the average income of allied health professions graduates.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of Utah

2

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
Provo, UT

59 Annual Graduates

$100,023 Median Starting Salary

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in allied health professions. RMUoHP is a small private for-profit university located in the city of Provo.

Allied Health Professions master's degree recipients from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions receive an earnings boost of approximately $17,777 over the average income of allied health professions graduates.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

3

Weber State University
Ogden, UT

32 Annual Graduates

$43,639 Median Starting Salary

Weber State University is a good option for students interested in a master's degree in allied health professions. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public university with a very large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the allied health program make an average of $43,639 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Weber State University

4

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

It is difficult to beat Brigham Young University - Provo if you wish to pursue a master's degree in allied health professions. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Brigham Young University - Provo

5

Dixie State University
Saint George, UT

Dixie State College is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Saint George.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Dixie State University

Best Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	185	138
Idaho	96	121
Montana	90	46

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Allied Health Professions Related Rankings by Major

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

Allied Health Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Physician Assistant	110
Radiologic Technology	18
Athletic Training	9
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	8
Respiratory Care Therapy	6

Majors Similar to Allied Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	3,335
Health & Medical Administrative Services	2,049
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	1,541
Public Health	150
Communication Sciences	144
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	46
Mental & Social Health Services	40
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	29
Medical Illustration & Informatics	27
Health Sciences & Services	17

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.