The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree vets studying ag economics.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Ag Economics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s ag economics degrees to qualified students.
Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.According to our most recent data, Colorado State 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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,701. To help with additional expenses, 68 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Ag Economics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #2 spot on the list. UW is a public institution located in Laramie, Wyoming. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 473 of the 11,829 students enrolled at University of Wyoming were GI Bill® students, of which 255 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,738. During this same period, 13 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Wyoming offers 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%.
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