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Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$23,706 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,672 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 83,905 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, allied health professions is the #5 most popular major in the United States.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for allied health 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the allied health bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for allied health professions students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BYU are $6,304 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $17,084 per year. On average, allied health graduates from WSU take out $17,819 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Out of the 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis - Clark State College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Lewiston, Lewis - Clark State College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lewis - Clark State College are $20,252 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, allied health majors at Lewis - Clark State College accumulate an average of around $21,054 in student debt.

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Out of the 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pueblo Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Pueblo Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Pueblo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Pueblo Community College are $16,275 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $17,830 per year.

UVU also claimed a spot on our Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Allied Health Professions at Utah Valley University Report

#6

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

With a ranking of #6, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health professions students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of U are $29,837 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, U of U also did well on our Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Boise State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health professions students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boise.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Boise State are $25,701 a year. Allied Health majors at Boise State take out an average of $18,119 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#8

Rocky Mountain College

Billings, MT

Rocky Mountain College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Billings, Rocky is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rocky are $32,252 per year.

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University of Northern Colorado landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree allied health professions programs. University of Northern Colorado is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Greeley.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Northern Colorado are $24,159 a year.

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#10

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

Colorado Mesa University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health professions students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Junction.

Colorado Mesa undergraduate students pay an average of $23,019 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that allied health majors at Colorado Mesa take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $21,607.

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Best Allied Health Professions Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,830
Utah 788
Idaho 505
Montana 116
Wyoming 73

Allied Health Professions is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Allied Health Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) 27,240
Physician Assistant 12,000
Radiologic Technology 10,633
Surgical Technology 7,412
Respiratory Care Therapy 6,569
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician 6,160
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy 4,080
Athletic Training 3,408
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions 2,012
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist 1,367
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology 773
Electrocardiograph Technology/Technician 652
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist 575
Electroneurodiagnostic/Electroencephalographic Technology/Technologist 391
Polysomnography 233
Perfusion Technology/Perfusionist 147
Mammography Technician/Technology 109
Cardiopulmonary Technology 51
Radiation Protection/Health Physics Technician 48
Hearing Instrument Specialist 18
Orthopedic Technology 17
Gene/Genetic Therapy 10

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 88,600
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 83,587
Health Sciences & Services 36,762
Mental & Social Health Services 30,331

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 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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