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2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Utah

4 Colleges
$115,233 Avg Salary
$76,952 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in Utah with 17,535 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022.

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Utah ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Utah to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found University of Utah to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Utah. U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

Of the 90 students majoring in nursing at U of U, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Utah. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 60% of the nursing majors at the school.

After completing their Doctor's Degree, nursing graduates from RMUoHP carry an average student debt load of $106,546.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Weber State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Utah. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ogden.

Women make up 93% of the nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Nursing at Weber State University

#4

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Westminster College Utah helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Utah. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 86% of the nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Nursing at Westminster College Utah

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State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 6,496
Montana 745
Idaho 1,593
Wyoming 397

Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 262,974
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,647
Nursing Practice 8,862
Nursing Administration 8,663
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 4,717
Nursing Science 4,701
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,895
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,075
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 2,011
Nurse Anesthetist 1,768
Critical Care Nursing 747
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 622
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 567
School Nursing 539
Clinical Nurse Leader 502
Clinical Nurse Specialist 340
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 269
Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing 262
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 192
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 87
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 26
Forensic Nursing 23
Palliative Care Nursing 13

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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