2021 Best Public Health Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
8Colleges
697Bachelor's Degrees
$24,322Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Public Health Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in public health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public health programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the public health program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying public health.
Best Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Montana Technological University has taken the #1 spot in this year's public health ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public college with a small student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Montana Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Health in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 2.8% of Montana Tech students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 508 students at Montana Tech that take at least one class online. 230 of Montana Tech students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Utah as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population. U of U also made our Best Colleges for Public Health in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 19,378 students take at least one class online at U of U. 7,185 of U of U students are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, CU Anschutz has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Health in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 0.9% of CU Anschutz students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,659 students at CU Anschutz that take at least one class online. About 11,636 of the students at CU Anschutz are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Brigham Young University - Idaho. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Rexburg. BYU - I not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Public Health in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
About 1.0% of BYU - I students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 23,058 of BYU - I students are exclusively distance learners. 26,387 of BYU - I students are attending part time.
Westminster College Utah landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best public health schools for non-traditional students. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Salt Lake City. Westminster College Salt Lake not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Public Health in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 204 students take at least one class online at Westminster College Salt Lake. 114 of Westminster College Salt Lake students are attending part time.
Weber State University landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best public health schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a very large student population. WSU also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Public Health in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
About 1.0% of WSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,573 students at WSU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 17,729 part time students in attendance at WSU.
Brigham Young University - Provo earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo. BYU also made our Best Colleges for Public Health in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #4.
The student loan default rate at BYU is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 12,325 students take at least one class online at BYU. 4,504 students are part time.
Utah Valley University landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best public health schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a fairly large student population. UVU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Public Health in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 15,690 students take at least one class online at UVU. 22,387 of UVU students are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 schools only.
References
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).
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