2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Horticultural Science for a Bachelor’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Horticultural Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

Horticultural Science is the 474th most popular major in the country with 823 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 87 horticultural science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 horticultural science 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 Horticultural Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in horticultural science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality horticultural science programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the horticultural science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Horticultural Science for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree vets studying horticultural science.

Top 2 Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado

1,606 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$10,701 Average GI Bill® Award

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 Horticultural Science for a Bachelor’s list. Colorado State is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 61 bachelors’s horticultural science degrees 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 Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Of the 32,428 students enrolled at Colorado State University - Fort Collins, 1,606 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,183 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,701. On top of their other funding sources, 68 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins Veteran Student Life Report

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Utah State University
Logan, Utah

3 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Horticultural Science for a Bachelor’s. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s horticultural science degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

USU also made our “Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Utah State University supports 27,691 students, and 3 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $285. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Utah State University]](/colleges/utah-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Horticultural Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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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