by our College Data Analytics TeamWith all of the options you have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take when you want to pursue a grad degree. College Factual has developed its Best Doctor's Degree Colleges in Utah ranking as one thing you can use to help make this decision.
What's on This Page: * Our Methodology
After analyzing 4 grad schools in Utah, we came up with our list of those that offered the best doctorate degree programs. Our ranking methodology focuses on different objective factors to make this determination of the best grad schools. In the next few paragraphs, we'll talk a little about what we use in our analysis and why.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving a doctorate degree from the school. That is, everyone wants their doctorate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Graduate students may also take on a lot of debt while working on their doctorate so we factor that into our rankings as well. The average amount taken out in student loans for graduates at a particular school may be crippling for those who earn less than average wages after graduation.
We also analyze a number of other factors in addition to average post-graduation earnings and average student debt when coming up with our yearly Best Doctorate Degree Schools ranking. On a broad level, other factors that go into our rankings include such things as the demand of the school, the student body caliber, if the school has online options, and the educational resources provided by the school.
We go into more detail on these factors on our graduate school ranking methodology page.
Not quite ready to work on your doctorate? Check out our Best Master's Degree Schools ranking.
Learn more about these excellent grad schools below:
Brigham Young University - Provo tops this year’s ranking as the best grad school for doctorate degrees in Utah for overall quality. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate degrees to 192 students in 2020-2021.
Graduates with a doctorate degree from BYU make an average of $57,293 per year during the early years of their career.
The excellent doctorate degree programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Utah. University of Utah is a large public school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 815 doctorate degrees in 2020-2021.
Upon graduation, doctorate degree recipients go on to jobs making an average salary of $73,878 during the early years of their career.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #3 on our 2024 Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in Logan, Utah, the large public school handed out 99 doctorate degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 doctorate degree schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Ogden, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
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