2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 71 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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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2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Check out the nursing programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
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Our 2023 rankings named Western Governors University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for nursing students. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WGU are $7,452 a year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at WGU take out is $21,420.
WGU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Brigham Young University - Idaho is a great value for nursing students. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Rexburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BYU - I are $4,416 a year. On average, nursing graduates from BYU - I take out $13,750 in student loans while working on their degree.
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Out of the 71 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the # 3 spot on the list. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BYU are $6,120 a year. While working on their degree, nursing majors at BYU accumulate an average of around $8,340 in student debt.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Otero Junior College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Otero JC is a small public school located in the remote town of La Junta.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Otero JC are $6,563 a year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Otero JC take out is $31,200.
Out of the 71 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Eastern Idaho landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Idaho Falls, CEI is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CEI are $6,222 a year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at CEI take out is $29,455.
With a ranking of #6, Colorado Northwestern Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students. Located in the remote area of Rangely, CNCC is a public college with a small student population.
CNCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,596 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at CNCC take out is $20,000.
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College of Western Idaho came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. CWI is a fairly large public school located in the rural area of Nampa.
CWI undergraduate students pay an average of $7,344 in tuition and fees each year. Nursing majors at CWI take out an average of $18,937 in student loans while working on their egree.
Trinidad State Junior College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value nursing programs. Trinidad State Junior College is a small public school located in the remote town of Trinidad.
Trinidad State Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,631 in tuition and fees each year. On average, nursing graduates from Trinidad State Junior College take out $22,353 in student loans while working on their degree.
Lamar Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Lamar, LCC is a public school with a fairly small student population.
LCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,592 in tuition and fees each year. Nursing majors at LCC take out an average of $27,865 in student loans while working on their egree.
North Idaho College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for nursing students. It came in at #10 on the list. NIC is a small public school located in the small city of Coeur d'Alene.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NIC are $8,736 a year. On average, nursing graduates from NIC take out $18,841 in student loans while working on their degree.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, NIC also did well on our Best Nursing Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional great value schools for Nursing students in the Rocky Mountains Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Nursing Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Denver College of Nursing | Denver, CO |
| 12 | College of Southern Idaho | Twin Falls, ID |
| 13 | Northeastern Junior College | Sterling, CO |
| 13 | Miles Community College | Miles City, MT |
Best Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the best nursing colleges 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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Most Popular Related Majors
| 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).
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