by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Public Health is the 26th most popular major in the country with 40,596 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 801 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 16 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public health.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This small school is located in Butte, Montana, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. BYU - I is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Rexburg, Idaho. It awarded 317 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Health at Brigham Young University - Idaho
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Lewis College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Durango, Colorado, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carroll College landed the #4 spot on the list. Carroll College is a small school located in Helena, Montana that handed out 10 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Utah landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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 Public Health at Westminster College Salt Lake
Brigham Young University - Provo came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 172 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Boise State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boise State is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 42 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Utah Valley University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Orem, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 82 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
With a ranking of #9, Weber State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Ogden, Utah, this large public school handed out 40 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public health students 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%.
Dixie State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Dixie State University is a fairly large public school situated in Saint George, Utah. It awarded 13 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Utah did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #11. University of Utah is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Idaho State University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Pocatello, Idaho, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #13, Utah State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Utah State University is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 16 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 9 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
The University of Montana came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. The University of Montana is a fairly large public school situated in Missoula, Montana. It awarded 1 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 192 students 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%.
Read full report on Public Health at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
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