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2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate 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.
Top 10 Best Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools
Our analysis found College of Southern Idaho to be the best value school for allied health professions students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . College of Southern Idaho is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Twin Falls.
College of Southern Idaho undergraduate students pay an average of $6,840 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinidad State Junior College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Trinidad State Junior College is a small public school located in the town of Trinidad.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trinidad State Junior College are $8,360 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Trinidad State Junior College also did well on our Best Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Red Rocks Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Red Rocks Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Red Rocks Community College are $16,135 per year.
Red Rocks Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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The excellent basic certificate programs at Northeastern Junior College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Sterling, NJC is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NJC are $7,691 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lamar Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Lamar, LCC is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LCC are $6,720 per year.
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Colorado Mountain College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate allied health professions programs. Colorado Mountain College is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Glenwood Springs.
Colorado Mountain College undergraduate students pay an average of $11,820 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Colorado Mountain College also did well on our Best Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate 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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Aims Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate allied health professions programs. Located in the midsize city of Greeley, Aims Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Aims Community College are $10,850 a year.
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Pikes Peak Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. PPCC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Colorado Springs.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at PPCC are $15,714 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, PPCC also did well on our Best Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Morgan Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Morgan Community College is a small public school located in the town of Fort Morgan.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Morgan Community College are $15,579 a year.
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Front Range Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. FRCC is a large public school located in the suburb of Westminster.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FRCC are $15,776 per year.
FRCC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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Explore the best allied health professions colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 1,830 |
Utah | 788 |
Idaho | 505 |
Montana | 116 |
Wyoming | 73 |
Other Related Allied Health Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
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Majors Related to Allied Health
Allied Health Professions is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Allied Health Concentrations
Most Popular Majors Related to Allied Health
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 19 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.