2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Library Science for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$49,237
Avg Salary
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 Library Science for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Library Science is the 35th most popular major in the country with 6,538 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, library science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,990 and had an average of $24,604 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 114 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,237 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Library Science for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library science programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the library science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Library Science for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Library Science for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree vets studying library science.
Top 2 Best Library Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Library Science for a Master’s list. CU Anschutz is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 masters’s library science degrees to qualified students.
CU Anschutz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 24,723 students enrolled at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships 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%.
Full CU Anschutz Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Library Science for a Master’s. University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 45 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 571 of the 13,856 students enrolled at DU were GI Bill® students, of which 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 155 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. DU 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%.
Full University of Denver Veteran Student Life Report
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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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