Highlighting our
Spring Class of 2020

May 2020 Class Profile

Graduates: 187
Bachelor of Science in Nursing: 25
Associate of Science in Nursing: 132
Associate of Science in Occupational Therapy Assistant: 15
Medical Assistant: 15

Average GPA: 3.5
High Honors: 4
Honors: 33

• Largest graduating cohort in Ameritech’s history with 187 students
• First cohort to graduate amidst a global healthcare pandemic
• First cohort to use the new Joyce Johnson Center of Simulation
• First cohort to be taught with virtual learning
• This cohort includes 7 veterans.
• This cohort completed more than 3,600 community service hours.
• Nursing students completed approximately 60,000 clinical and simulation hours.
• Average age of this cohort is 31.
• This cohort contains students from Arizona, Florida, California, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming and nearly every county in Utah.

Employment

• 95% of our graduates are planning to stay and work in Utah.
• Our graduates are employed at approximately 40 different institutions from Logan to St. George. Our major employers are Intermountain Health Care, MountainStar and Steward. The hospitals include Jordan Valley, Davis Hospital, Timpanogos, St. Marks, TOSH, LDS Hospital, Lakeview Hospital, Primary Children’s Hospital, The University of Utah, the Moran Eye Center and many others. Our students are involved with drug and alcohol rehab hospitals, hospice and home health, assisted living, pediatric clinics, mental health institutions and even the Utah State Prison!

Accomplishments

• Occupational Therapy Assistant graduates partnered with Salt County Youth Services to provide service to the youth in the community. Over the past months these students have shown patience, compassion, creativity and determination in reaching their educational goals.
• Many of the Medical Assistant graduates have been recognized for personal community service during the COVID-19 pandemic for providing translation services and personal visits to patients’ homes for testing and care.
• Several of our nursing students have sought out ways to help during this pandemic, including volunteering their time to the state’s COVID-19 task force.