Utah contains nine schools that offer personal training programs. University of Utah, the highest-ranking personal training school in UT, has a total student population of 29,284 and is the 129th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 9 personal training schools in Utah, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Utah Career College-Layton comes out as the most expensive ($21,722/yr), with Southern Utah University as the lowest recorded at only $9,860/yr.
Personal Training students from Utah schools who go on to become personal trainers, personal skills trainers, trainers, PT trainers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 228,170 people working as fitness trainers and aerobics instructors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $35,340. Also, Recreation and fitness studies teachers make on average $60,580 per year and there are about 16,850 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Utah alone, there are 110 employed recreation and fitness studies teachers earning an average yearly salary of $62,600. Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors in this state earn $39,270/yr and there are 1,870 employed.
Also, within the personal training schools in Utah, the average student population is 3,744 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from personal training, there are 2052 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,639 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,769, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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