2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Biological Engineering for a Master’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Biological Engineering for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 410 people earned their degree in biological engineering, making the major the 288th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, biological engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,766 and had an average of $20,584 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 60 biological engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,364 and $11,906 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Biological Engineering for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biological engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological engineering 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 biological engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Biological Engineering for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree vets studying biological engineering.

Top 2 Best Biological Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Utah State University
Logan, Utah

3 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Biological Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s biological engineering students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree vets studying biological engineering list, USU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Biological Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Of the 27,691 students enrolled at USU, 3 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $285. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Utah State University]](/colleges/utah-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

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Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado

234 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$12,456 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Biological Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the #2 spot on the list. Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s biological engineering degrees to qualified students.

Mines did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biological Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 234 of the 6,744 students enrolled at Mines were GI Bill® students, of which 145 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,456. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mines offers 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Mines Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Biological Engineering Master’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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jun Seita.