2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in the United States with 27,247 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 44 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Our analysis found Western Governors University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WGU are $7,452 per year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at WGU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $24,473.
WGU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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Out of the 44 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the # 2 spot on the list. BYU - I is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Rexburg.
BYU - I undergraduate students pay an average of $4,416 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, nursing majors at BYU - I accumulate an average of around $17,371 in student debt.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.
BYU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,120 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at BYU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $9,933.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Denver College of Nursing helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Denver College of Nursing is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Denver College of Nursing are $12,367 per year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Denver College of Nursing take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $36,977. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $390, based on a 10-year repayment plan.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend AmeriTech College - Draper. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. AmeriTech College - Draper is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Draper.
AmeriTech College - Draper undergraduate students pay an average of $12,999 in tuition and fees each year. On average, nursing graduates from AmeriTech College - Draper take out $35,092 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree nursing programs. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are $12,581 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, nursing majors at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs accumulate an average of around $30,518 in student debt.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs also did well on our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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University of Providence came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. University of Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Great Falls.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Providence are $26,662 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, nursing graduates from University of Providence carry an average student debtload of $23,987.
University of Providence not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Wyoming did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW are $16,957 a year. On average, nursing graduates from UW take out $24,451 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
UW excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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Colorado Mountain College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado Mountain College is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Glenwood Springs.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colorado Mountain College are $11,484 per year. Nursing majors at Colorado Mountain College take out an average of $23,310 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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Platt College - Aurora ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Platt College - Aurora is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Aurora.
Platt College - Aurora undergraduate students pay an average of $20,590 in tuition and fees each year. Nursing majors at Platt College - Aurora take out an average of $45,190 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 6,496 |
| Utah | 17,535 |
| Montana | 745 |
| Idaho | 1,593 |
| Wyoming | 397 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.
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