2024 Best Physician Assistant Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
8Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
373Physician Assistant Degrees Awarded
Ranked #71 in popularity, physician assistant is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of physician assistant. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 373 degrees in physician assistant during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The physician assistant program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physician Assistant rankings. We derive our Best Overall Physician Assistant School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Physician Assistant Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Physician Assistant in the Rocky Mountains Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the physician assistant degree levels they offer.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Physician Assistant
University of Utah is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in physician assistant. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #151 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 66 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in physician assistant needs to check out Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. RMUoHP is a small private for-profit university located in the midsize city of Provo.
There were approximately 46 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at RMUoHP in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in physician assistant needs to look into Idaho State University. Located in the small city of Pocatello, ISU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1000 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means ISU is a great university overall.
There were about 73 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at ISU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Red Rocks Community College if you want to pursue a degree in physician assistant. Located in the city of Lakewood, Red Rocks Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 19th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 33 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Red Rocks Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Rocky is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Billings. This college ranks 6th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Montana.
There were approximately 57 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Rocky in the most recent year we have data available.
Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Grand Junction. This university ranks 28th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 21 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Colorado Mesa in the most recent year we have data available.
CU Anschutz is a very large public university located in the large city of Denver. A Best Colleges rank of #585 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means CU Anschutz is a great university overall.
There were about 42 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Parker, Rocky Vista University is a private for-profit university with a small student population.
There were about 35 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Rocky Vista University in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The physician assistant program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physician Assistant rankings. We derive our Best Overall Physician Assistant School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
