by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Utah” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Health Professions is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 977,800 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Utah, there were 30,589 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,306 and $22,734 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15,441 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,652 and $24,483 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah” ranking, we looked at 17 colleges that offer 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 colleges and universities below are the best for utah bachelor’s degree health professions students.
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Eagle Gate College - Layton landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Layton, Utah, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s health professions 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah College of Dental Hygiene. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah. 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 17 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Provo College landed the #3 spot on the list. Provo, Utah is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 123 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwives College of Utah landed the #4 spot on the list. Midwives College of Utah is a small school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 24 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eagle Gate College - Murray. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah. This small school is located in Murray, Utah, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Nightingale College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah ranking. This small school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 156 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Western Governors University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah list. Western Governors University is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11,924 bachelors’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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AmeriTech College - Draper came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah ranking. This small school is located in Draper, Utah, and it awarded 131 bachelors’s health professions 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Westminster College Utah did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah ranking, coming in at #9. Westminster College Utah is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 109 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. 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.
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Weber State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah ranking. WSU is located in Ogden, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 878 bachelors’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Dixie State University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah list. Dixie State College is a fairly large school located in Saint George, Utah that handed out 362 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
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Brigham Young University - Provo came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah ranking. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 519 bachelors’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
Utah State University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah ranking. USU is located in Logan, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 403 bachelors’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read full report on Health Professions at Utah State University
University of Utah ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 339 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, 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 89%.
Southern Utah University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah ranking, coming in at #15. Cedar City, Utah is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 77 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Utah Valley University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah ranking, coming in at #16. This large school is located in Orem, Utah, and it awarded 233 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%.
Broadview University - West Jordan landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in Utah ranking. Broadview University - West Jordan is located in West Jordan, Utah and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
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