2025 Best Physiology & Pathology Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Physiology & Pathology Sciences is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #73 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for physiology & pathology sciences students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 master's degrees in physiology & pathology sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on physiology & pathology sciences students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other physiology & pathology sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt physiology & pathology sciences students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized physiology & pathology sciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for physiology & pathology sciences students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Physiology & Pathology Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Physiology & Pathology Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in physiology & pathology sciences.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in Physiology

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

14 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Boulder is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in physiology & pathology sciences. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in physiology & pathology sciences from University of Colorado Boulder

2

Western Colorado University
Gunnison, CO

10 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Western Colorado University if you want to pursue a master's degree in physiology & pathology sciences. Located in the town of Gunnison, Western is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in physiology & pathology sciences from Western Colorado University

Best Physiology & Pathology Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best physiology & pathology sciences colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	185	29
Utah	164	3
Montana	90	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Physiology

One of 14 majors within the Biological & Biomedical Sciences area of study, Physiology & Pathology Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Physiology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology	30
General Physiology	16
Oncology & Cancer Biology	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	247
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	75
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	69
Zoology	54
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	34
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	29
Pharmacology & Toxicology	28
Biotechnology	23
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	14
Genetics	12

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.