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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Arizona

16 Colleges
$44,083 Avg Salary
$18,994 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health Professions School for You

In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 8,330 degrees and certificates from an Arizona school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Schools in Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in Arizona to see which ones were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health Professions Colleges.

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the most popular school in Arizona for health professions students. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Phoenix - Arizona helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Arizona. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Full Health Professions at University of Phoenix - Arizona Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Arizona list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona 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 Midwestern University - Glendale. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Arizona list. Midwestern University - Glendale is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Glendale.

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#5

Aspen University

Denver, CO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Aspen University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Arizona list. Aspen University is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

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With a ranking of #6, Northern Arizona University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for health professions students. It came in at #7 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

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With a ranking of #8, American InterContinental University - Online did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students. Located in the rural area of Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Arizona State University - Skysong came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Arizona ranking. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

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Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for health professions students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, SCNM is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Health Professions Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 13,925
Oklahoma 1,490
New Mexico 848

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 16 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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