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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 40,596 people earned their degree in public health, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,158 and had an average of $27,396 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,338 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,293 and $23,469 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their public health program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree public health students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stone Child College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Box Elder, Montana, this small public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s public health students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Western Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Nampa, Idaho, this fairly large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified associates’s public health students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Snow College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Ephraim, Utah is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s public health degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Orem, Utah, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified associates’s public health students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Little Big Horn College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Crow Agency, Montana, this small public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s public health students in 2020-2021.
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