2023 Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 2,760 people earned their degree in other engineering, making the major the 252nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 35 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other engineering programs and a strong support system for 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 other engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 8 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
DU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Of the 13,856 students enrolled at University of Denver, 571 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 373 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,359. In addition to receiving other benefits, 155 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 DU]](/colleges/university-of-denver/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s list. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other engineering degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
U of I also made our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 382 of the 10,791 students enrolled at U of I were GI Bill® students, of which 248 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,784. To help with additional expenses, 29 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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