2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Systems

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Systems” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Family Systems is the 582nd most popular major in the country with 541 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 191 family systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Systems” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family systems. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family systems programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the family systems program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Systems

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Systems”.

Top 2 Best Family Systems Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, Utah

368 GI Bill® Students**

$3,856 Average GI Bill® Award

$70,785 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Systems list. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 151 ’s family systems degrees in 2020-2021.

BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, Brigham Young University - Provo supports 36,461 students, and 368 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 220 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,856. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at BYU]](/colleges/brigham-young-university-provo/student-life/veterans/)

2

Weber State University
Ogden, Utah

747 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$4,815 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Systems. Weber State University is a public institution located in Ogden, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

WSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 747 of the 29,596 students enrolled at Weber State University were GI Bill® students, of which 472 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,815. During this same period, 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 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 Weber State University]](/colleges/weber-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Family Systems 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.

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