2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
With 977,800 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health professions is the #2 most popular major in the United States.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Colleges.
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Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BYU are $7,700 per year.
BYU also took the #4 spot in our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions is a great value for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at RMUoHP are $17,416 a year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Wyoming is a great value for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. UW is a fairly large public school located in the town of Laramie.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Regis University is a great value for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Regis U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
Regis U graduate students pay an average of $15,079 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Westminster College Utah helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $16,689 per year.
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Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree health professions programs. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are $14,312 a year.
University of Colorado Boulder landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree health professions programs. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Boulder.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 per year.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 a year.
CU Anschutz not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 per year.
Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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Utah State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USU are $23,225 a year.
Best Health Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best health professions colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 11,178 |
Utah | 26,190 |
Montana | 1,968 |
Idaho | 3,965 |
Wyoming | 961 |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 21 schools only.
- 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.
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