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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

21 Colleges
$89,269 Avg Salary
$23,211 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

Health Professions is the most popular major in the United States with 13,721 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for health professions majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found The University of Montana to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . UM is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Missoula.

Of the 117 students majoring in health professions at UM, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Utah State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 96% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 4% are male.

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Out of the 21 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 86% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#4

University of Denver

Denver, CO

Out of the 21 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the # 4 spot on the list. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

Women make up 75% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#5

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

Out of the 21 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. ISU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pocatello.

About 96% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 4% are male.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 22% are male.

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#7

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Westminster College Utah landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in health professions at Westminster College Salt Lake, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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#7

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

With a ranking of #7, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

About 63% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 38% are male.

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Montana State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bozeman.

Women make up 75% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#10

Regis University

Denver, CO

Regis University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Regis U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

Women make up 82% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Best Health Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best health professions schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 8,345
Colorado 3,873
Montana 831
Idaho 551
Wyoming 121

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
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 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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