2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Industrial Production Tech for a Bachelor’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Industrial Production Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 11,906 people earned their degree in industrial production technology, making the major the 109th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, industrial production technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,940 and had an average of $19,778 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 173 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $84,425 and $26,988 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 industrial production technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Industrial Production Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in industrial production technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial production technology programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the industrial production technology 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 Industrial Production Tech for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree vets studying industrial production tech.

Top 3 Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Weber State University
Ogden, Utah

747 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Industrial Production Tech for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ogden, Utah, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s industrial production tech degrees in 2020-2021.

WSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Weber State University supports 29,596 students, and 747 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 472 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,815. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Weber State University does offer 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%.

Full WSU Veteran Student Life Report

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Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

1,222 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Industrial Production Tech for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s industrial production tech students in 2020-2021.

MSU Denver also took the #3 spot in our “Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,222 of the 19,086 students enrolled at Metropolitan State University of Denver were GI Bill® students, of which 867 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,619. To help with additional expenses, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Metropolitan State University of Denver does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, Idaho

471 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$2,677 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Industrial Production Tech for a Bachelor’s list. Brigham Young University - Idaho is located in Rexburg, Idaho and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s industrial production tech degrees to qualified students.

BYU - I also made our “Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 44,481 students enrolled at Brigham Young University - Idaho, 471 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 200 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,677. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Brigham Young University - Idaho does offer 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%.

Full BYU - I Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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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