2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$20,300
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Plains States Region for Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Environmental/Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services is the 899th most popular major in the country with 249 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 52 environmental/natural resources law enforcement and protective services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental/natural resources law enforcement and protective services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the environmental/natural resources law enforcement and protective services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services”.
Top 1 Best Environmental/Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services. South Dakota State is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 13 ’s natural resources law enforcement and protective services degrees in 2020-2021.
South Dakota State 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 369 of the 11,405 students enrolled at South Dakota State were GI Bill® students, of which 158 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,731. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. South Dakota State offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full South Dakota State 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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