Ranked #16 in popularity, health sciences & services is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of health sciences & services. Combined, these schools handed out 323 associate degrees in health sciences & services to qualified students.
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Average Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to health sciences & services students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of health sciences & services students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt health sciences & services students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health sciences & services related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for health sciences & services students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Health Sciences & Services Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Utah list to help you make the college decision.
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Weber State University is a wonderful choice for students interested in an associate degree in health sciences & services. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public university with a very large student population.
After graduation, health science associate recipients usually earn around $29,674 in their early careers.
Salt Lake Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in health sciences & services. Salt Lake Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.
Those health sciences & services students who get their associate degree from Salt Lake Community College earn $5,460 more than the average health science grad.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
