2023 Best General Nuclear Engineering Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
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Degrees Awarded
$42,800
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for General Nuclear Engineering” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 864 people earned their degree in general nuclear engineering, making the major the 468th most popular in the United States.
Across Colorado, there were 7 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general nuclear engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general nuclear engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for General Nuclear Engineering
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for General Nuclear Engineering”.
Top 1 Best General Nuclear Engineering Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for General Nuclear Engineering that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the #1 spot on the list. Golden, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s general nuclear engineering degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mines, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Colorado School of Mines supports 6,744 students, and 234 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 145 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,456. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Mines]](/colleges/colorado-school-of-mines/student-life/veterans/)
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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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