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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Information Resources Management for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Information Resources Management is the 395th most popular major in the country with 1,186 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 685 information resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information resources management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information resources management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The information resources management 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 Information Resources Management for a Master’s”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Information Resources Management for a Master’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Information Resources Management for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Governors University landed the #1 spot on the list. WGU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 677 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
WGU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 8,828 of the 147,866 students enrolled at WGU were GI Bill® students, of which 5,287 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,681. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. WGU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
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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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