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Best Value Degrees in Utah (2026)

Top 100 of 310 programs in Utah · Updated 2026

The best college programs in Utah, ranked by overall value. We scored 310 programs across Utah schools on earnings, AI resilience, job demand, and tuition ROI. The top programs average $64,407/yr in graduate earnings.

Programs in UT

310

Avg Earnings (Top 100)

$64,407/yr

Avg DW Score

85/100

#1 Program

Building/Construction Finishing

Utah Valley University

Top Programs in Utah

Top 100 programs by DegreeWorth Score. Click any row for full analysis.

#	Program	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	Building/Construction Finishing Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	92 90–92	$74,527/yr	Low	39.3x
2	General Sales Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	93 89–95	$93,151/yr	High	29.3x
3	Business Administration Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	93 87–95	$71,163/yr	High	37.3x
4	Finance Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	92 86–95	$83,876/yr	Very High	44.7x
5	Business Administration Weber State University · Ogden, UT	92 86–94	$65,966/yr	High	31.9x
6	Management Science & Analytics Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	94 86–95	$79,777/yr	Very High	29.7x
7	Business Administration Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	91 85–93	$66,432/yr	High	22.9x
8	Business Administration Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	91 85–93	$60,132/yr	High	31.5x
9	General Sales Weber State University · Ogden, UT	88 83–90	$57,451/yr	High	30.9x
10	Nursing (RN/BSN) Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	90 84–90	$85,861/yr	High	28.4x
11	Computer & Information Science Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	90 81–93	$80,934/yr	Very High	46.6x
12	IT Management Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	90 81–93	$83,533/yr	Very High	31.1x
13	Finance University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	88 81–91	$68,066/yr	Very High	24.9x
14	IT Management Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	90 81–93	$92,416/yr	Very High	26.8x
15	Computer Science Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	90 80–92	$90,625/yr	Very High	47.1x
16	Entrepreneurship Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	89 83–91	$64,061/yr	High	28.9x
17	Nursing (RN/BSN) Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT	88 82–88	$69,616/yr	High	34.2x
18	Finance Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	88 81–91	$60,947/yr	Very High	36.3x
19	Business Administration University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	88 81–90	$53,806/yr	High	21.5x
20	Computer & Information Science Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	90 80–92	$84,242/yr	Very High	30.3x
21	Health Administration Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	90 83–91	$66,651/yr	High	19.1x
22	Accounting Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	87 80–90	$68,393/yr	Very High	40.3x
23	Business Administration Utah State University · Logan, UT	87 81–89	$54,387/yr	High	19.2x
24	Finance Utah State University · Logan, UT	86 79–89	$61,371/yr	Very High	21.9x
25	Computer Science Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	89 79–91	$77,946/yr	Very High	45.4x
26	Nursing (RN/BSN) Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	87 81–87	$66,900/yr	High	28.9x
27	Computer Science University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	89 79–92	$90,282/yr	Very High	30.2x
28	Computer & Information Science Weber State University · Ogden, UT	89 80–91	$74,865/yr	Very High	35.2x
29	Nursing (RN/BSN) Weber State University · Ogden, UT	87 81–87	$66,085/yr	High	27.9x
30	Business Administration Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT	87 80–89	$46,857/yr	High	29.3x
31	Nursing (RN/BSN) Southern Utah University · Cedar City, UT	87 81–86	$65,898/yr	High	25.1x
32	Computer & Information Science Utah State University · Logan, UT	88 77–90	$71,335/yr	Very High	27.6x
33	Information Science Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	88 78–90	$79,918/yr	Very High	39.5x
34	Entrepreneurship Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	88 82–90	$60,448/yr	High	23.1x
35	Computer Science Weber State University · Ogden, UT	88 77–90	$72,486/yr	Very High	38.8x
36	Computer Science Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	89 79–91	$83,860/yr	Very High	24.3x
37	Software Development Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	88 78–90	$95,292/yr	Very High	27.7x
38	Criminal Justice Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	83 79–84	$44,051/yr	Moderate	23.4x
39	Fire Protection & Safety Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	82 78–83	$60,522/yr	Moderate	30.9x
40	Nursing (RN/BSN) University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	87 81–84	$69,565/yr	High	18.2x
41	Teacher Education (General) Weber State University · Ogden, UT	84 81–83	$51,861/yr	High	19.6x
42	Allied Health & Diagnostic Professions Weber State University · Ogden, UT	82 78–82	$67,333/yr	Moderate	27.1x
43	Accounting Weber State University · Ogden, UT	86 78–89	$62,257/yr	Very High	29.7x
44	Finance Weber State University · Ogden, UT	85 77–88	$49,939/yr	Very High	31.0x
45	Construction Management Weber State University · Ogden, UT	86 79–87	$82,914/yr	High	31.4x
46	Applied Horticulture Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	81 79–81	$46,439/yr	Moderate	16.9x
47	Economics Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	85 78–88	$63,332/yr	Very High	37.1x
48	Teacher Education (General) Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT	82 79–82	$47,619/yr	High	21.1x
49	Accounting Southern Utah University · Cedar City, UT	84 76–87	$55,425/yr	Very High	26.5x
50	International Business Utah State University · Logan, UT	87 81–88	$65,745/yr	Very High	16.8x
51	Teacher Education (General) Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	83 80–82	$49,497/yr	High	19.0x
52	Accounting Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	84 77–87	$55,785/yr	Very High	29.0x
53	Accounting University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	83 75–87	$60,992/yr	Very High	21.2x
54	Computer Networking Weber State University · Ogden, UT	86 77–88	$71,941/yr	Very High	32.9x
55	Criminal Justice Weber State University · Ogden, UT	82 78–82	$43,281/yr	Moderate	19.8x
56	Computer Engineering Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	86 76–89	$88,785/yr	Very High	55.5x
57	Nursing (RN/BSN) Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	86 80–86	$62,164/yr	High	16.9x
58	Human Resources Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	83 77–86	$59,842/yr	High	34.6x
59	Marketing Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	83 76–86	$64,256/yr	Very High	36.4x
60	Construction Management Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	84 78–86	$73,678/yr	High	34.8x
61	Computer Science Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT	86 76–88	$65,000/yr	Very High	25.8x
62	Teacher Education (General) Southern Utah University · Cedar City, UT	81 79–81	$47,832/yr	High	18.4x
63	Public Health Utah State University · Logan, UT	85 79–85	$76,451/yr	High	20.0x
64	Nursing (RN/BSN) Utah State University · Logan, UT	86 80–84	$65,486/yr	High	16.7x
65	Accounting Utah State University · Logan, UT	82 74–86	$57,481/yr	Very High	21.8x
66	Computer Networking Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	85 75–87	$64,615/yr	Very High	36.5x
67	Teacher Education (Subject-Specific) Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	83 79–83	$49,297/yr	High	19.1x
68	Computer Engineering Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	86 76–88	$85,564/yr	Very High	39.1x
69	Information Science University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	86 75–88	$70,833/yr	Very High	28.5x
70	Teacher Education (Subject-Specific) Weber State University · Ogden, UT	84 80–84	$50,600/yr	High	19.1x
71	Accounting Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	83 76–85	$58,784/yr	Very High	19.7x
72	Teacher Education (Subject-Specific) Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	82 78–83	$47,153/yr	High	19.4x
73	Teacher Education (Subject-Specific) Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT	85 81–86	$52,665/yr	High	17.0x
74	Economics Utah State University · Logan, UT	83 75–86	$60,472/yr	Very High	22.9x
75	IT Management Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	84 75–86	$56,135/yr	Very High	21.4x
76	Teacher Education (General) University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	81 80–79	$54,604/yr	High	13.8x
77	Computer Engineering University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	85 75–87	$89,605/yr	Very High	23.0x
78	Economics University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	83 76–85	$64,386/yr	Very High	20.6x
79	Human Resources Weber State University · Ogden, UT	83 77–85	$59,158/yr	High	27.1x
80	Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	82 74–85	$68,084/yr	Very High	40.1x
81	Information Science Utah State University · Logan, UT	83 72–86	$61,896/yr	Very High	26.3x
82	Industrial Production Technologies Weber State University · Ogden, UT	77 74–78	$75,281/yr	Moderate	35.3x
83	Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies Weber State University · Ogden, UT	77 73–78	$64,828/yr	Moderate	32.2x
84	Health Administration Weber State University · Ogden, UT	80 73–83	$40,529/yr	High	23.9x
85	Medical Laboratory Science Weber State University · Ogden, UT	78 74–78	$67,576/yr	Moderate	31.0x
86	Computer & Information Science Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT	82 70–84	$46,382/yr	Very High	34.5x
87	Accounting Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT	79 71–83	$44,557/yr	Very High	27.0x
88	Computer Science Southern Utah University · Cedar City, UT	82 70–85	$49,655/yr	Very High	29.8x
89	Teacher Education (Subject-Specific) Southern Utah University · Cedar City, UT	80 76–81	$45,042/yr	High	18.4x
90	Criminal Justice Southern Utah University · Cedar City, UT	78 75–78	$39,744/yr	Moderate	16.4x
91	Marketing Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	81 74–83	$54,173/yr	Very High	31.5x
92	Marketing Weber State University · Ogden, UT	80 74–83	$53,592/yr	Very High	26.1x
93	Nursing (RN/BSN) Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences · Draper, UT	81 75–80	$74,693/yr	High	11.6x
94	Agricultural Business Utah State University · Logan, UT	76 71–80	$45,583/yr	High	17.0x
95	Teacher Education (General) Utah State University · Logan, UT	78 78–76	$48,993/yr	High	12.4x
96	Human Resources Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	81 75–82	$52,194/yr	High	19.8x
97	Public Relations & Advertising Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	78 71–80	$51,436/yr	High	26.4x
98	Business Economics Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	79 72–81	$75,227/yr	Very High	51.1x
99	Marketing Utah State University · Logan, UT	78 71–81	$54,562/yr	Very High	20.1x
100	Engineering-Related Fields Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	78 73–79	$63,780/yr	High	24.4x

Methodology

This ranking includes the top 100 programs at Utah colleges and universities, drawn from 310 total programs with earnings data. Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score (0–100), which combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and tuition ROI.

Only in-state tuition is used for ROI calculations. Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best college program in Utah?

By DegreeWorth Score, Building/Construction Finishing at Utah Valley University ranks #1 in Utah with a score of 92/100 and graduate earnings of $74,527/yr.

How many college programs are in Utah?

Our database includes 310 programs across Utah colleges with reported earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.