2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Pre-Engineering for an Associate
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Pre-Engineering for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Pre-Engineering is the 284th most popular major in the country with 2,437 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 27 pre-engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 pre-engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pre-engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pre-engineering 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 Pre-Engineering for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree vets studying pre-engineering.
Top 1 Best Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Pre-Engineering for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Orem, Utah, this large public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified associates’s pre-engineering students in 2020-2021.
UVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Among the 40,936 students enrolled at Utah Valley University, 813 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 379 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,550. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for 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%.
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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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