2023 Most Popular Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Finding the Best Public Health Bachelor's 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs 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.
2023 Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public health majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.
Top 10 Most Popular Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Idaho the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for public health students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Rexburg, BYU - I is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Of the 317 students majoring in public health at BYU - I, 22% are male and 78% are female.
After completing their Bachelor's Degree, public health graduates from BYU - I carry an average student debt load of $15,230.
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Out of the 16 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 172 students majoring in public health at BYU, 26% are male and 74% are female.
On average, public health graduates from BYU take out $12,556 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Utah Valley University is a great place for public health students working on their bachelor’s degree. UVU is a very large public school located in the small city of Orem.
Women make up 79% of the public health majors at the school.
After completing their Bachelor's Degree, public health graduates from UVU carry an average student debt load of $19,272.
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Out of the 16 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boise, Boise State is a public college with a very large student population.
Women make up 64% of the public health majors at the school.
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Out of the 16 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. WSU is a very large public school located in the city of Ogden.
About 85% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 15% are male.
The average amount in student loans that public health majors at WSU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $22,499.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their bachelor’s degree. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.
Women make up 58% of the public health majors at the school.
After completing their Bachelor's Degree, public health graduates from U of U carry an average student debt load of $23,393.
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Fort Lewis College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the distant town of Durango, FLC is a public college with a small student population.
Of the 22 students majoring in public health at FLC, 14% are male and 86% are female.
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With a ranking of #8, Westminster College Utah did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Women make up 53% of the public health majors at the school.
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Montana Technological University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for public health students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Montana Tech is a small public school located in the remote town of Butte.
Of the 16 students majoring in public health at Montana Tech, 69% are male and 31% are female.
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Utah State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 16 students majoring in public health at USU, 69% are male and 31% are female.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 228 |
Utah | 561 |
Idaho | 402 |
Montana | 119 |
Wyoming | 25 |
Public Health Related Majors
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.
Public Health Concentrations
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
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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 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.
More about our data sources and methodologies.