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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$26,132 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,376 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate School for You

With 35,945 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health sciences and services is the #5 most popular major in the United States.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for health science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Health Sciences & Services

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found University of Utah to be the best value school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of U is a fairly large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Boise, Boise State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 a year. On average, health science graduates from Boise State take out $19,056 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

Full Health Sciences & Services at Boise State University Report

Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences and services schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 130
Utah 421
Idaho 143
Montana 46
Wyoming 135

Health Sciences & Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Health Science Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 29,840
General Health & Wellness 6,105

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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