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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Utah

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Finding the Best Health Professions Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 8,345 degrees and certificates from an Utah school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Utah ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in Utah to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health Professions Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named Western Governors University the most popular school in Utah for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

About 86% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 14% are male.

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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 Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 37% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Utah State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in Utah. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

Of the 106 students majoring in health professions at USU, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Weber State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in Utah. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 66% of the health professions majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions is a great place for health professions students working on their master’s degree. RMUoHP is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

About 66% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 34% are male.

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Brigham Young University - Provo did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

About 89% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 11% 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 master’s degree health professions programs. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

Of the 63 students majoring in health professions at Westminster College Salt Lake, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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Utah Valley University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Utah ranking. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 74% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#9

Dixie State University

Saint George, UT

Dixie State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in the small city of Saint George, Dixie State College is a public school with a large student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 40% are male.

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Eagle Gate College - Murray came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Utah ranking. Located in the large suburb of Murray, Eagle Gate College - Murray is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
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 13 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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