2023 Best Zoology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$35,986
Avg Salary
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Colorado for Zoology for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Zoology is the 165th most popular major in the country with 2,984 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, zoology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,104 and had an average of $23,855 in loans still to pay off.
Across Colorado, there were 210 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,793 and $23,000 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great zoology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the zoology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 Colorado for Zoology for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Zoology for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Zoology for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Zoology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Zoology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 spot on the list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s zoology degrees to 16 students 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 Zoology Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.According to our most recent data, Colorado State supports 32,428 students, and 1,606 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,183 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,701. To help with additional expenses, 68 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins Veteran Student Life Report
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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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