2025 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado

Ranked #1 in popularity, health professions is one of the most sought-after doctor'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 reviewed 3 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of health professions. Combined, these schools handed out 1,040 doctor's degrees in health professions to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Health Professions School for Your Doctor's Degree

The health professions doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. 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

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different 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 doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of health professions students who choose to seek a doctor's 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 easy is it for health professions to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health professions related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Health Professions in Colorado

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in health professions.

Top Colorado Schools for a Doctorate in Health Professions

1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

546 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in health professions has to look into University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public university located in the city of Denver.More information about a doctorate in health professions from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

2

Regis University
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

142 Annual Graduates

Regis University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in health professions. Regis U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Denver.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Regis University

3

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

University of Northern Colorado is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in health professions. University of Northern Colorado is a moderately-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Greeley.More information about a doctorate in health professions from University of Northern Colorado

Best Health Professions Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	24	653
Montana	15	483
Idaho	15	180
Wyoming	12	59

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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	457
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	177
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	152
Dentistry	119
Nursing	115
Communication Sciences	15
Health Sciences & Services	2
Medical Science	2
Public Health	1

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.