2023 Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
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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.
The Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 24 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular master'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.
2023 Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Western Governors University the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 91% of the nursing majors at the school.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 80% of the nursing majors at the school.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Regis University is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Of the 137 students majoring in nursing at Regis U, 7% are male and 93% are female.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.
About 80% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 20% are male.
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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.
Of the 62 students majoring in nursing at UCCS, 19% are male and 81% are female.
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Westminster College Utah ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.
Women make up 78% of the nursing majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #7, Northwest Nazarene University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Nampa, NNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Women make up 82% of the nursing majors at the school.
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Colorado State University - Pueblo came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Pueblo.
About 74% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 26% are male.
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With a ranking of #9, Weber State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a very large student population.
Of the 26 students majoring in nursing at WSU, 19% are male and 81% are female.
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University of Utah did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nursing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.
About 76% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 24% are male.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 6,496 |
| Utah | 17,535 |
| Montana | 745 |
| Idaho | 1,593 |
| Wyoming | 397 |
Nursing Related Majors
Nursing Concentrations
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 24 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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