by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Public Health is the 39th most popular major in the country with 22,778 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 544 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 178 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general public health. That schools that top this list have a program in general public health in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree general public health students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Lewis College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Durango, Colorado, this small public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general public health students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 17 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Public Health at Westminster College Utah
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Brigham Young University - Provo is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 68 bachelors’s general public health degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Boise State University is a large public school situated in Boise, Idaho. It awarded 40 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about General Public Health at Boise State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dixie State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Saint George, Utah is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general public health degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Public Health at Dixie State University
With a ranking of #6, Utah State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Weber State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Weber State University is a public institution located in Ogden, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 192 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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