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2025 Best Medicine Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2 Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
723 Medicine Degrees Awarded
$65,617 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in medicine is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #40 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Medicine Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 723 degrees in medicine to qualified students.

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Doctor's Degrees in Medicine

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 Medicine Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Medicine in the Rocky Mountains Region

The schools below may not offer all types of medicine degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Medicine

1
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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
113 Medicine Degrees Awarded
$66,101 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in medicine needs to look into University of Utah. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

Graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program make about $66,101 in their early career salary.

More information about a degree in medicine from University of Utah

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
186 Medicine Degrees Awarded
1.6% Growth in Graduates

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a good choice for students interested in a degree in medicine. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career income of $67,110.

More information about a degree in medicine from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Best Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best medicine colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Colorado 275 438
Utah 266 113
Idaho 219 0

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One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medicine Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy 424
Medicine 299

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Majors Similar to Medicine

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 21,187
Health & Medical Administrative Services 5,813
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 4,014
Allied Health Professions 3,957
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 3,389
Health Sciences & Services 1,424
Dental Support Services 1,284
Public Health 1,259
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 1,252
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 1,229

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