2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 27,562 people earned their degree in medicine, making the major the 54th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, medicine graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $54,795 and had an average of $169,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 455 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,750 and $192,421 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 455 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in medicine. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great medicine programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the medicine program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 132 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U also made our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Medicine at U of U

#2

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 171 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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