2023 Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Ranked Colleges
57
Degrees Awarded
$7,300
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Individualized Major for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 94th most popular major in the country with 9,057 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 693 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 57 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general multi-/interdisciplinary studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general multi-/interdisciplinary studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Individualized Major for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Individualized Major for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Individualized Major for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Individualized Major for an Associate. Rexburg, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s individualized major degrees to 52 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU - I, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 471 of the 44,481 students enrolled at BYU - I were GI Bill® students, of which 200 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,677. 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.
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%.
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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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