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2023 Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region

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227 Degrees Awarded
$52,808 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Architecture & Related Services for a Master's

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 Rocky Mountains Region for Architecture & Related Services for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 17,325 people earned their degree in architecture and related services, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, architecture and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,602 and had an average of $25,146 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 744 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,868 and $21,678 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Architecture & Related Services for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architecture and related services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architecture and related services programs as well as strong veteran support.

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

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The architecture & related services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Architecture & Related Services for a Master’s”.

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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Architecture & Related Services for a Master’s”.

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Architecture & Related Services for a Master’s. U of U is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 43 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

U of U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Utah supports 33,081 students, and 1 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. University of Utah offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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

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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Architecture & Related Services for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 120 masters’s architecture and related services degrees in 2020-2021.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus supports 24,723 students, and 1 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. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%.

Full University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Veteran Student Life Report

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Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Architecture & Related Services for a Master’s list. Montana State University is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

MSU Bozeman also made our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #4.Among the 16,218 students enrolled at MSU Bozeman, 656 are 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. To help with additional expenses, 37 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%.

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

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University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Architecture & Related Services for a Master’s. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s architecture and related services degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.

U of I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.According to our most recent data, U of I supports 10,791 students, and 382 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 248 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,784. In addition to receiving other benefits, 29 students qualified for 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%.

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