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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
With 977,800 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, health professions is the 2nd most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,927 and had an average of $20,846 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 55,848 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,773 and $22,096 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24,145 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 62 colleges that offered a degree in health professions. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in health professions.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Out of the 62 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah College of Dental Hygiene landed the #1 spot on the list. Utah College of Dental Hygiene is located in Orem, Utah and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 59 bachelors’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 62 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eagle Gate College - Layton landed the #1 spot on the list. Eagle Gate College - Layton is a private for-profit institution located in Layton, Utah. The school has a small population, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Platt College - Aurora. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Aurora, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 68 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Denver College of Nursing. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Denver College of Nursing is a small school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 411 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Provo College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Provo College is a small school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 123 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Midwives College of Utah came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Midwives College of Utah is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 24 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Eagle Gate College - Murray did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #7. Eagle Gate College - Murray is a private for-profit institution located in Murray, Utah. The school has a small population, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Nightingale College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Nightingale College is a small private for-profit school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 156 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Providence came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. University of Providence is a small school located in Great Falls, Montana that handed out 135 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Carroll College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Carroll College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Helena, Montana. It awarded 98 bachelors’s health professions degrees 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%.
Lewis - Clark State College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Lewis - Clark State College is a public institution located in Lewiston, Idaho. The school has a small population, and it awarded 241 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Western Governors University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 11,924 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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AmeriTech College - Draper landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. AmeriTech College - Draper is a private for-profit institution located in Draper, Utah. The school has a small population, and it awarded 131 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
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Montana Technological University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Butte, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 66 students in 2020-2021.
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Colorado State University - Pueblo ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Pueblo, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 160 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #16, Boise State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boise State University is a public institution located in Boise, Idaho. The school has a large population, and it awarded 970 bachelors’s 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%.
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Westminster College Utah ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 109 students 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Idaho State University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Idaho State University is a public institution located in Pocatello, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 403 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Weber State University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in Ogden, Utah, this large public school handed out 878 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health professions students 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%.
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Dixie State University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Dixie State College is a fairly large public school situated in Saint George, Utah. It awarded 362 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
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Regis University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #21. Regis University is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 304 bachelors’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 Northern Colorado ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school situated in Greeley, Colorado. It awarded 378 bachelors’s health professions degrees 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%.
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Colorado Mesa University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #23. Located in Grand Junction, Colorado, this medium-sized public school handed out 207 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
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Colorado Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #24. Lakewood, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 149 students in 2020-2021.
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Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Brigham Young University - Idaho is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Rexburg, Idaho. It awarded 763 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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