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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for IS for a Doctorate

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4 Degrees Awarded
$39,900 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for IS for a Doctorate

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for IS for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Information Science is the 58th most popular major in the country with 18,325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $59,394 and had an average of $28,852 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 675 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,154 and $21,432 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information science 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 information science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for IS for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for IS for a Doctorate”.

Top 1 Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for IS for a Doctorate. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s IS students in 2020-2021.

CU - Boulder also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Colorado Boulder supports 37,437 students, and 1,379 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 968 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,889. On top of their other funding sources, 46 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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