2023 Best Health Professions Schools in Utah
Finding the Best Health Professions School for You
Health Professions is the most popular major in Utah with 26,190 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Health Professions Schools in Utah ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 24 schools in Utah to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Health Professions Schools in Utah
The colleges and universities below are the best for health professions majors pursuing a .
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Our analysis found Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions to be the best school for health professions students who want to pursue a degree in Utah. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
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The excellent programs at Dixie Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Utah. Dixie Tech is a fairly small public school located in the city of Saint George.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Governors University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Health Professions Schools in Utah list. WGU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.
While working on their degree, health professions majors at WGU accumulate an average of around $26,429 in student debt.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Healing Mountain Massage School is a great place for health professions students. Healing Mtn. School is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.
The average amount in student loans that health professions majors at Healing Mtn. School take out is $9,500.
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The excellent programs at Utah State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Utah. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
While working on their degree, health professions majors at USU accumulate an average of around $17,887 in student debt.
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Mountainland Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for health professions students. It came in at #6 on the list. Mountainland Technical College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Lehi.
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Westminster College Utah did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for health professions students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
On average, health professions graduates from Westminster College Salt Lake take out $26,500 in student loans while working on their degree.
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University of Utah ranked #8 on this year’s Best Health Professions Schools in Utah list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.
While working on their degree, health professions majors at U of U accumulate an average of around $20,221 in student debt.
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Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best health professions programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average amount in student loans that health professions majors at BYU take out is $9,371.
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Fortis College - Salt Lake City came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Schools in Utah ranking. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, Fortis College - Salt Lake City is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
On average, health professions graduates from Fortis College - Salt Lake City take out $24,984 in student loans while working on their degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $47.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 11,178 |
Montana | 1,968 |
Idaho | 3,965 |
Wyoming | 961 |
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Health Professions Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Nursing | 322,592 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
Public Health | 40,596 |
Health Sciences & Services | 35,945 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 29,833 |
Mental & Social Health Services | 29,053 |
Medicine | 28,629 |
Dental Support Services | 26,399 |
Communication Sciences | 22,298 |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 20,393 |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 18,901 |
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services | 10,751 |
Health/Medical Prep Programs | 9,210 |
Other Health Professions | 7,984 |
Dentistry | 6,770 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 6,158 |
Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 5,115 |
Alternative Medicine & Systems | 3,564 |
Chiropractic | 2,658 |
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies | 2,374 |
Medical Illustration & Informatics | 2,089 |
Optometry | 1,822 |
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences | 1,775 |
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services | 960 |
Medical Science | 909 |
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies | 294 |
Alternative Medical Support Services | 227 |
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies | 68 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 24 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.