2023 Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Colorado for Systems Engineering for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Systems Engineering is the 160th most popular major in the country with 3,904 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $89,736 and had an average of $21,799 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 162 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Systems Engineering for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in systems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great systems engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the systems engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The systems engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Systems Engineering for a Master’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Systems Engineering for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Systems Engineering for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado

1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado

1,606 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$10,701 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Systems Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 10 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Colorado State also made our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Colorado State supports 32,428 students, and 1,606 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,183 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,701. In addition to receiving other benefits, 68 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Colorado State does offer 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Colorado State Veteran Student Life Report

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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 Colorado for Systems 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 27 masters’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mines, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 234 of the 6,744 students enrolled at Colorado School of Mines were GI Bill® students, of which 145 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,456. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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

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

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