2023 Best Health Professions Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
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The Best Health Professions Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 40 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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2023 Best Health Professions Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Health Professions Colleges.
Top 10 Best Health Professions Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions the best school in the Rocky Mountains Region for health professions students. Located in the midsize city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Montana Technological University is a great place for health professions students. Montana Tech is a small public school located in the town of Butte.
The excellent programs at University of Providence helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the small city of Great Falls, University of Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southwest Acupuncture College - Boulder. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Health Professions Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, Southwest Acupuncture College - Boulder is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
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Out of the 40 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rocky Mountain College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Rocky is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Billings.
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the large city of Denver, CSTCM is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
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Red Rocks Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Lakewood, Red Rocks Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
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With a ranking of #9, Utah State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for health professions students. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public school with a very large student population.
University of Denver ranked #10 on this year’s Best Health Professions Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
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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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Utah | 8,345 |
Colorado | 3,873 |
Montana | 831 |
Idaho | 551 |
Wyoming | 121 |
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Health Professions Related Rankings by Major
Health Professions Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Nursing | 66,964 |
Medicine | 28,629 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 24,774 |
Public Health | 19,473 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 17,335 |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 16,952 |
Mental & Social Health Services | 16,815 |
Allied Health Professions | 12,950 |
Communication Sciences | 10,547 |
Dentistry | 6,770 |
Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 4,684 |
Chiropractic | 2,658 |
Alternative Medicine & Systems | 2,582 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 2,481 |
Optometry | 1,822 |
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences | 1,762 |
Medical Illustration & Informatics | 1,747 |
Health Sciences & Services | 1,746 |
Other Health Professions | 1,261 |
Health/Medical Prep Programs | 1,122 |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 954 |
Medical Science | 909 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 462 |
Dental Support Services | 122 |
Alternative Medical Support Services | 80 |
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies | 55 |
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies | 37 |
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services | 11 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 4 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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.
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