2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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Ranked Colleges
235
Degrees Awarded
$32,700
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Montana for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations” ranking.
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations is the 21st most popular major in the country with 49,899 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, agriculture and agriculture operations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,342 and had an average of $19,867 in loans still to pay off.
Across Montana, there were 235 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,074 and $20,445 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agriculture and agriculture 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 agriculture and agriculture operations program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations”.
Top 1 Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges for Veterans in Montana
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school awarded 106 degrees to qualified ’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Bozeman, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 16,218 students enrolled at MSU Bozeman, 656 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 393 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,023. On top of their other funding sources, 37 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. MSU Bozeman 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%.
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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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