by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Health Sciences & Services is the 34th most popular major in the country with 35,945 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,887 and had an average of $24,736 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 967 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,185 and $19,012 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 568 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in health sciences and services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their health sciences and services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree health science students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Blackfeet Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. BCC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Browning, Montana. It awarded 8 associates’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stone Child College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Box Elder, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s health science degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Wyoming Community College District. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Sheridan, Wyoming, this small public school handed out 64 degrees to qualified associates’s health science students in 2020-2021.
Full Northern Wyoming Community College District Health Sciences & Services Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Wyoming College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This small school is located in Riverton, Wyoming, and it awarded 16 associates’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Central Wyoming College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Casper College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Casper College is a small school located in Casper, Wyoming that handed out 35 associates’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Casper College
With a ranking of #6, Carrington College, Boise did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Carrington College, Boise is a small school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 15 associates’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Carrington College, Boise Health Sciences & Services Report
Aaniiih Nakoda College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #7. Aaniiih Nakoda College is a small school located in Harlem, Montana that handed out 1 associates’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Aaniiih Nakoda College
Weber State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #8. Weber State University is a public institution located in Ogden, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 210 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Weber State University Health Sciences & Services Report
With a ranking of #9, Salt Lake Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school awarded 162 diplomas to qualified associates’s health science students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Salt Lake Community College
Laramie County Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This small school is located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and it awarded 20 associates’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #11, Miles Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This small school is located in Miles City, Montana, and it awarded 3 associates’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Miles Community College
College of Western Idaho came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. College of Western Idaho is a public institution located in Nampa, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 25 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Pikes Peak Community College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and it awarded 4 associates’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
Utah Valley University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Orem, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s health science degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Utah Valley University
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