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2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

15 Colleges
$44,293 Avg Salary
$23,469 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Health School for You

Public Health is the #16 most popular major in the country with 19,473 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Health program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Health Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a very large student population.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Montana is a great place for public health students. Located in the city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public college with a small student population.

Full Public Health at Montana Technological University Report

#6

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

With a ranking of #6, Westminster College Utah did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

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#7

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a large student population.

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Brigham Young University - Provo ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.

Read full report on Public Health at Brigham Young University - Provo

Utah State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular public health programs. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

Read full report on Public Health at Utah State University

Boise State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boise State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Boise.

Read full report on Public Health at Boise State University

Best Public Health Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 197
Utah 178
Idaho 29
Montana 90
Wyoming 25

Public Health is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 15 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

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