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2023 Most Popular Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

5 Colleges
$30,540 Avg Salary
$23,619 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Health Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 40,596 public health students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Health program at each school on the list.

Check out the public health associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Rocky Mountains Region .

Our analysis found College of Western Idaho to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the rural area of Nampa, CWI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Public Health at College of Western Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UVU is a very large public school located in the small city of Orem.

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

Full Public Health at Utah Valley University Report

#3

Snow College

Ephraim, UT

The in-demand associate degree programs at Snow College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Snow College is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Ephraim.

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#4

Stone Child College

Box Elder, MT

The in-demand associate degree programs at Stone Child College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . SCC is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Box Elder.

Read full report on Public Health at Stone Child College

#5

Little Big Horn College

Crow Agency, MT

The in-demand associate degree programs at Little Big Horn College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Little Big Horn College is a small public school located in the remote area of Crow Agency.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 228
Utah 561
Idaho 402
Montana 119
Wyoming 25

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Public Health Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Public Health 22,778
Public Health Education and Promotion 4,563
Other Public Health 3,432
Health Services Administration 3,119
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 2,272
International Public Health/International Health 1,599
Environmental Health 1,344
Behavioral Aspects of Health 814
Health/Medical Physics 258
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 211
Maternal and Child Health 163
Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality 43

Majors Similar to Public Health

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 5 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 Article 25 Flickr.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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