You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Governors University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Earth Science Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s earth science teacher education students in 2020-2021.
WGU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Earth Science Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah” list.Among the 147,866 students enrolled at Western Governors University, 8,828 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5,287 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,681. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Western Governors University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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