2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Agribusiness for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$26,400
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Agribusiness for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations is the 230th most popular major in the country with 3,108 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 175 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 128 agribusiness/agricultural business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Agribusiness for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in agribusiness/agricultural business operations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agribusiness/agricultural business operations programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the agribusiness/agricultural business operations program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Agribusiness for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Agribusiness for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Agribusiness for a Bachelor’s list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agribusiness degrees to 63 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Colorado State University - Fort Collins supports 32,428 students, and 1,606 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,183 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,701. To help with additional expenses, 68 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Colorado State University - Fort Collins offers credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Agribusiness for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Laramie, Wyoming, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2020-2021.
UW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Among the 11,829 students enrolled at UW, 473 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 255 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,738. On top of their other funding sources, 13 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UW does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UW]](/colleges/university-of-wyoming/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Agribusiness for a Bachelor’s list. U of I is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 12 bachelors’s agribusiness degrees in 2020-2021.
U of I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.According to our most recent data, U of I supports 10,791 students, and 382 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 248 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,784. On top of their other funding sources, 29 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at U of I]](/colleges/university-of-idaho/student-life/veterans/)
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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