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Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Utah

2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Utah

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$11,637 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,655 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Utah ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Utah to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for health professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Health Professions

Our analysis found Utah State University to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Utah. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USU are $7,366 a year.

USU also took the #4 spot in our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah rankings.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 6 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 2 spot on the list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at U of U are $8,068 a year.

U of U also took the #2 spot in our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah rankings.

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Out of the 6 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

BYU also made our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah list, coming in at #1.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at RMUoHP are $17,416 per year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ogden.

WSU graduate students pay an average of $8,647 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WSU also took the #5 spot in our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah rankings.

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#6

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Westminster College Utah 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 #6 on the list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $16,689 per year.

Westminster College Salt Lake also made our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 11,178
Montana 1,968
Idaho 3,965
Wyoming 961

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
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 6 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).

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