2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Legal Professions for a Master’s

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University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Legal Professions for a Master’s list. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 48 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.

DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Of the 13,856 students enrolled at DU, 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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,359. During this same period, 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 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%.

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Legal Professions for a Master’s list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.

U of U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 33,081 students enrolled at University of Utah were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.

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University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Legal Professions for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree vets studying legal professions list, CU - Boulder has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,379 of the 37,437 students enrolled at University of Colorado Boulder were GI Bill® students, of which 968 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,889. To help with additional expenses, 46 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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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