2023 Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Plains States Region for Environmental Design for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 730 people earned their degree in environmental design and architecture, making the major the 505th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 32 environmental design and architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 environmental design and architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Environmental Design for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental design and architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental design and architecture programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental design and architecture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Environmental Design for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Environmental Design for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Environmental Design for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

752 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Environmental Design for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s environmental design students in 2020-2021.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 752 of the 52,017 students enrolled at UMN Twin Cities were GI Bill® students, of which 436 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,020. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMN Twin Cities 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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2

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

4 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$56,246 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Environmental Design for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s environmental design degrees in 2020-2021.

North Dakota State University also made our “Best Environmental Design & Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, North Dakota State University - Main Campus supports 12,846 students, and 4 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. North Dakota State University - Main Campus 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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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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