2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
A healthcare student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education opportunities 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 many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which online basic certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region of the U.S.
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Providence the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for healthcare students working on their basic certificate. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Great Falls, Montana, and it awarded 80 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
If you want to attend University of Providence, expect to pay an average of $26,662 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. Around 83% of those degree recipients were women.
University of Providence is primarily an online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Out of the 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Laramie County Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. LCCC is located in Cheyenne, Wyoming and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 basic certificates to qualified students.
Full-time students from Wyoming pay an average of $4,613 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend LCCC. Out-of-state students pay an average of $10,913. Of those students who received their degree, 96% were women.
Around 45% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. WSU is a public institution located in Ogden, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at WSU is $6,228. Out-of-state students pay an average of $16,644. Of those students who received their degree, 70% were women.
Around 59% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis - Clark State College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Lewis - Clark State College is located in Lewiston, Idaho and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 basic certificates to qualified students.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 52% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Colorado Mesa University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This medium-sized public school is located in Grand Junction, Colorado, and it awarded 137 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
In-state students pay an average of $9,000 in tuition and fees if they attend Colorado Mesa full time. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $22,322. Around 63% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 62% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #6, Boise State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their basic certificate. Boise, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 12 students in 2020-2021.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Boise State is $8,060. Out-of-state students pay an average of $24,980. Around 83% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 82% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Idaho State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. ISU is a public institution located in Pocatello, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 47 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
In-state students pay an average of $7,872 in tuition and fees if they attend ISU full time. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $25,326. Of those students who received their degree, 70% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 61% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Highlands College of Montana Tech ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
Students from Montana who attend Highlands College of Montana Tech full time pay an average of $3,589 in tuition and fees. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $9,391.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 36% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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