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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 $67,622/yr in graduate earnings.

Programs in UT

310

Avg Earnings (Top 100)

$67,622/yr

Avg DW Score

79/100

#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	91 91–90	$74,527/yr	Low	39.3x
2	Computer and Information Sciences, General Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	90 83–91	$80,934/yr	Very High	46.6x
3	Computer Science Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	90 83–91	$90,625/yr	Very High	47.1x
4	Finance and Financial Management Services Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	90 87–92	$83,876/yr	Very High	44.7x
5	Computer Science University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	90 82–91	$90,282/yr	Very High	30.2x
6	Computer and Information Sciences, General Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	90 83–91	$84,242/yr	Very High	30.3x
7	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	90 87–90	$85,861/yr	High	28.4x
8	Computer Science Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	89 82–90	$77,946/yr	Very High	45.4x
9	Computer and Information Sciences, General Utah State University · Logan, UT	88 81–89	$71,335/yr	Very High	27.6x
10	Computer and Information Sciences, General Weber State University · Ogden, UT	88 81–89	$74,865/yr	Very High	35.2x
11	Computer Engineering Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	87 81–89	$88,785/yr	Very High	55.5x
12	Accounting and Related Services Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	87 84–89	$68,393/yr	Very High	40.3x
13	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT	87 85–87	$69,616/yr	High	34.2x
14	Computer Science Weber State University · Ogden, UT	87 80–89	$72,486/yr	Very High	38.8x
15	Information Science/Studies Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	86 80–87	$79,918/yr	Very High	39.5x
16	Computer Engineering Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	86 80–88	$85,564/yr	Very High	39.1x
17	Finance and Financial Management Services Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	86 83–87	$60,947/yr	Very High	36.3x
18	Finance and Financial Management Services University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	86 84–88	$68,066/yr	Very High	24.9x
19	General Sales Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	86 84–87	$93,151/yr	High	29.3x
20	Business Administration Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	85 80–85	$71,163/yr	High	37.3x
21	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	85 83–84	$66,900/yr	High	28.9x
22	Computer Systems Networking Weber State University · Ogden, UT	85 79–86	$71,941/yr	Very High	32.9x
23	Construction Management Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	84 81–85	$73,678/yr	High	34.8x
24	Computer Systems Networking Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	84 78–85	$64,615/yr	Very High	36.5x
25	Information Science/Studies University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	84 78–85	$70,833/yr	Very High	28.5x
26	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Weber State University · Ogden, UT	84 83–84	$66,085/yr	High	27.9x
27	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Southern Utah University · Cedar City, UT	83 82–83	$65,898/yr	High	25.1x
28	Finance and Financial Management Services Utah State University · Logan, UT	83 81–85	$61,371/yr	Very High	21.9x
29	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	83 80–82	$69,565/yr	High	18.2x
30	Accounting and Related Services University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	83 79–84	$60,992/yr	Very High	21.2x
31	Accounting and Related Services Weber State University · Ogden, UT	83 80–85	$62,257/yr	Very High	29.7x
32	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences · Draper, UT	83 80–83	$74,693/yr	High	11.6x
33	Economics Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	82 78–83	$63,332/yr	Very High	37.1x
34	Information Science/Studies Utah State University · Logan, UT	82 76–83	$61,896/yr	Very High	26.3x
35	Accounting and Related Services Utah State University · Logan, UT	82 79–84	$57,481/yr	Very High	21.8x
36	Business Administration Weber State University · Ogden, UT	82 77–83	$65,966/yr	High	31.9x
37	Accounting and Related Services Southern Utah University · Cedar City, UT	81 78–83	$55,425/yr	Very High	26.5x
38	Business Administration Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	81 75–82	$60,132/yr	High	31.5x
39	Accounting and Related Services Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	81 78–83	$55,785/yr	Very High	29.0x
40	Finance and Financial Management Services Weber State University · Ogden, UT	81 79–82	$49,939/yr	Very High	31.0x
41	Business Administration Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	81 76–81	$66,432/yr	High	22.9x
42	Computer Science Southern Utah University · Cedar City, UT	80 73–81	$49,655/yr	Very High	29.8x
43	Economics Utah State University · Logan, UT	80 76–81	$60,472/yr	Very High	22.9x
44	General Sales Weber State University · Ogden, UT	80 76–81	$57,451/yr	High	30.9x
45	Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	79 74–80	$64,061/yr	High	28.9x
46	Computer and Information Sciences, General Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT	79 74–80	$46,382/yr	Very High	34.5x
47	Economics University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	79 75–80	$64,386/yr	Very High	20.6x
48	Business Administration University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	79 73–79	$53,806/yr	High	21.5x
49	Accounting and Related Services Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	79 76–81	$58,784/yr	Very High	19.7x
50	Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	78 71–78	$68,084/yr	Very High	40.1x
51	Business/Managerial Economics Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	78 75–79	$75,227/yr	Very High	51.1x
52	Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	78 74–79	$79,777/yr	Very High	29.7x
53	Marketing Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	78 72–79	$64,256/yr	Very High	36.4x
54	Human Resources Management and Services Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	77 71–77	$59,842/yr	High	34.6x
55	Business Administration Utah State University · Logan, UT	77 71–77	$54,387/yr	High	19.2x
56	Computer Science Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	77 69–78	$83,860/yr	Very High	24.3x
57	Computer/Information Technology Administration Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	77 71–79	$92,416/yr	Very High	26.8x
58	Computer/Information Technology Administration Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	76 70–78	$83,533/yr	Very High	31.1x
59	Chemical Engineering Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	76 73–77	$77,565/yr	High	41.2x
60	Electrical Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	76 73–78	$77,060/yr	Very High	42.3x
61	Business Administration Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT	76 70–76	$46,857/yr	High	29.3x
62	Public Health Utah State University · Logan, UT	76 72–76	$76,451/yr	High	20.0x
63	Electrical University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	76 72–77	$75,654/yr	Very High	29.3x
64	Computer Software and Media Applications Western Governors University · Salt Lake City, UT	76 70–77	$95,292/yr	Very High	27.7x
65	Mechanical Engineering Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	75 72–76	$67,668/yr	Very High	36.4x
66	Accounting and Related Services Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT	75 73–76	$44,557/yr	Very High	27.0x
67	Electrical Utah State University · Logan, UT	75 71–76	$74,055/yr	Very High	25.6x
68	Allied Health Diagnostic Weber State University · Ogden, UT	75 74–75	$67,333/yr	Moderate	27.1x
69	Civil Engineering Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	74 72–75	$68,685/yr	High	30.8x
70	Manufacturing Engineering Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	74 72–75	$69,520/yr	High	34.3x
71	Physics Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	74 73–76	$68,664/yr	Very High	36.5x
72	Marketing Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	74 67–75	$54,173/yr	Very High	31.5x
73	Chemical Engineering University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	74 71–75	$73,841/yr	High	24.5x
74	Computer Engineering University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	74 67–75	$89,605/yr	Very High	23.0x
75	Construction Management Weber State University · Ogden, UT	74 70–75	$82,914/yr	High	31.4x
76	Computer Science Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT	73 67–75	$65,000/yr	Very High	25.8x
77	Civil Engineering Utah State University · Logan, UT	73 72–75	$68,025/yr	High	22.5x
78	Mechanical Engineering Utah State University · Logan, UT	73 71–75	$69,406/yr	Very High	22.7x
79	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Utah State University · Logan, UT	73 71–73	$65,486/yr	High	16.7x
80	Civil Engineering University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	73 71–75	$72,156/yr	High	21.0x
81	Mechanical Engineering University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	73 71–75	$70,999/yr	Very High	22.4x
82	Teacher Education Weber State University · Ogden, UT	73 75–74	$51,861/yr	High	19.6x
83	Human Resources Management and Services Weber State University · Ogden, UT	73 68–74	$59,158/yr	High	27.1x
84	Management Information Systems and Services Weber State University · Ogden, UT	73 67–76	$72,473/yr	Very High	33.6x
85	Statistics Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	72 66–73	$63,671/yr	Very High	40.5x
86	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	72 71–72	$62,164/yr	High	16.9x
87	Teacher Education Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT	72 76–72	$47,619/yr	High	21.1x
88	Marketing Utah State University · Logan, UT	72 65–73	$54,562/yr	Very High	20.1x
89	Teacher Education University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	72 74–72	$54,604/yr	High	13.8x
90	Marketing University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	72 66–73	$56,011/yr	Very High	19.7x
91	Teacher Education Weber State University · Ogden, UT	72 73–73	$50,600/yr	High	19.1x
92	Industrial Production Technologies Weber State University · Ogden, UT	72 72–73	$75,281/yr	Moderate	35.3x
93	Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies Weber State University · Ogden, UT	72 71–72	$64,828/yr	Moderate	32.2x
94	Public Relations & Advertising Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	71 68–73	$51,436/yr	High	26.4x
95	Teacher Education Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	71 72–72	$47,153/yr	High	19.4x
96	Teacher Education Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	71 74–71	$49,497/yr	High	19.0x
97	Teacher Education Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	71 72–72	$49,297/yr	High	19.1x
98	Fire Protection Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	71 64–71	$60,522/yr	Moderate	30.9x
99	Biomedical/Medical Engineering University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	71 68–72	$68,783/yr	High	25.1x
100	Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research Weber State University · Ogden, UT	71 70–71	$67,576/yr	Moderate	31.0x

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 91/100 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.