2025 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Utah

Ranked #2 in popularity, nursing is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Utah ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 2,133 master's degrees in nursing to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Nursing School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of nursing for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 nursing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other nursing students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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 nursing students go into to obtain their master's 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 nursing related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for nursing students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Nursing 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 Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Utah list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Nursing in Utah

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for nursing students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Utah Schools for a Master's in Nursing

1

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT

1,949 Annual Graduates

$100,249 Median Starting Salary

Western Governors University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in nursing. Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Nursing master's degree recipients from Western Governors University receive an earnings boost of around $2,208 above the average earnings of nursing graduates.

More information about a master’s in nursing from Western Governors University

2

Westminster College Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

46 Annual Graduates

$114,972 Median Starting Salary

Westminster College Utah is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in nursing. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Salt Lake City.

Those nursing students who get their master's degree from Westminster College Utah make $16,931 more than the average nursing graduate.

More information about a master’s in nursing from Westminster College Utah

3

AmeriTech College - Draper
Draper, UT

47 Annual Graduates

AmeriTech College - Draper is a good choice for students pursuing a master's degree in nursing. AmeriTech College - Draper is a small private for-profit college located in the suburb of Draper.More information about a master’s in nursing from AmeriTech College - Draper

4

Weber State University
Ogden, UT

33 Annual Graduates

$88,691 Median Starting Salary

Weber State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in nursing. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduation, nursing master's recipients usually make around $88,691 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in nursing from Weber State University

5

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

18 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in nursing from Brigham Young University - Provo

6

Utah Valley University
Orem, UT

10 Annual Graduates

UVU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Orem.More information about a master’s in nursing from Utah Valley University

7

Eagle Gate College - Murray
Murray, UT

12 Annual Graduates

Eagle Gate College - Murray is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the small city of Murray.More information about a master’s in nursing from Eagle Gate College - Murray

Best Nursing Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Nursing Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	185	1,273
Idaho	96	56
Montana	90	14
Wyoming	53	11

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nursing

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Nursing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Administration	1,456
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	461
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	112
Registered Nursing	66
Nurse Anesthetist	26
Nursing Practice	12

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services	1,850
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	1,106
Allied Health Professions	220
Public Health	171
Communication Sciences	131
Mental & Social Health Services	117
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	46
Medical Illustration & Informatics	36
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	26
Health Sciences & Services	20

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.