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2026 Best Value Medicine Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

[Medicine](/majors/health-care-professions/medicine/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.

College Factual analyzed 5 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the best value medicine schools.

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• Best Value Medicine Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2026 Best Value Medicine Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the medicine degrees they offer, see the list below.

Best Value Medicine Schools

1

University Of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

$9,620 In-State Tuition & Fees

$20,798 Avg Student Debt

$67,170 Median Earnings (10yr)

University Of Utah tops our 2026 list of the best value medicine schools in the Rocky Mountains Region. University Of Utah is a very large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $9,620, while out-of-state students pay about $30,860. Students borrow a median of $20,798 to complete the medicine program here. Early-career medicine graduates make about $66,101. That is a strong return on a $20,798 median debt. Roughly 86% of applicants are accepted.

2

University Of Colorado Denver
Denver, CO

$10,383 In-State Tuition & Fees

$26,582 Avg Student Debt

$64,270 Median Earnings (10yr)

University Of Colorado Denver came in at #2 on our 2026 list of the best value medicine schools. University Of Colorado Denver is a very large public school located in the city of Denver. Students from in state pay about $10,383 in tuition and fees, compared with $29,391 for out-of-state students. Students borrow a median of $26,582 to complete the medicine program here. Early-career medicine graduates make about $67,110. That is a strong return on a $26,582 median debt. The acceptance rate is 75%.

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Notes and References

The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 5 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked 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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.