2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Environmental Design

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Environmental Design” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Environmental Design” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Environmental Design” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Environmental Design

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

Top 2 Best Environmental Design & Architecture Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

752 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$13,020 Average GI Bill® Award

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 list. UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 ’s environmental design degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region vets studying environmental design list, UMN Twin Cities has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 52,017 students enrolled at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 752 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 436 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,020. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities]](/colleges/university-of-minnesota-twin-cities/student-life/veterans/)

2

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

4 GI Bill® Students**

$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 list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 13 ’s environmental design degrees in 2020-2021.

North Dakota State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, North Dakota State University supports 12,846 students, and 4 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students received funds through 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 North Dakota State University - Main Campus]](/colleges/north-dakota-state-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Environmental Design & Architecture 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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