2023 Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Montana
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Financial Planning for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,087 people earned their degree in financial planning and services, making the major the 430th most popular in the United States.
Across Montana, there were 3 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great financial planning and services 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 financial planning and services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Financial Planning for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Financial Planning for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Montana
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Financial Planning for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Montana State University is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 3 masters’s financial planning degrees in 2020-2021.
MSU Bozeman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” list.According to our most recent data, MSU Bozeman supports 16,218 students, and 656 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 393 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,023. During this same period, 37 students received funds through 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%.
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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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