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Salt Lake City, Utah has 5 accredited schools offering healthcare administration programs. Salt Lake City has a population of about 203,888. Median household income is $74,925 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 50.9% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area, the top-earning healthcare administration-related role is Administrative Services Manager at a median $132,290 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer healthcare administration programs near Salt Lake City, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Salt Lake City city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Salt Lake City. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Northwest Commission on Colleges and UniversitiesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Utah schools on the Utah healthcare administration page.
Salt Lake City is part of the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (BLS area code 41620). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Utah statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical and Health Services Manager | $130,160 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $128,999 |
| Health Information Technologist and Medical Registrar | $75,320 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $74,648 |
| Administrative Services Manager | $132,290 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $131,110 |
| Compliance Officer | $75,360 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $74,688 |
| Medical Records Specialist | $58,900 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $58,375 |
| Medical Secretary and Administrative Assistant | $46,950 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $46,531 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 203,888 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $74,925 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 50.9% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 100.9 (above U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
| Healthcare Administration-related employment in Salt Lake County | 76,844 workers, 5,526 establishments | BLS QCEW 2024 annual |
Accredited schools offering healthcare administration programs near Salt Lake City are listed on this page, ranked by BOC Score and distance from the city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS and College Scorecard data on every site update, so it stays current as programs open and close.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying healthcare administration-related roles near Salt Lake City are: Administrative Services Manager ($132,290), Medical and Health Services Manager ($130,160), Compliance Officer ($75,360). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Utah statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
North Salt Lake, UT is 4.6 miles from Salt Lake City and has its own set of local healthcare administration programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Salt Lake City’s median household income of $74,925 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Salt Lake City while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Utah public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Salt Lake City:
Data verified: July 23, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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