2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for General Education for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 Utah for General Education for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.
Across Utah, there were 190 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for General Education for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for General Education for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for General Education for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best General Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Utah
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Utah University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for General Education for a Master’s list. Located in Cedar City, Utah, this fairly large public school handed out 146 degrees to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.
Southern Utah University also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking.According to our most recent data, Southern Utah University supports 12,582 students, and 534 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 378 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $24,076. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for General Education for a Master’s. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Westminster College Salt Lake not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list.Our most recent data shows that 63 of the 1,849 students enrolled at Westminster College Utah were GI Bill® students, of which 33 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,108. On top of their other funding sources, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Westminster College Utah does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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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