2023 Best Geography & Cartography Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Geography for an Associate” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 8,526 people earned their degree in geography and cartography, making the major the 110th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, geography and cartography graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,604 and had an average of $22,522 in loans still to pay off.
Across Colorado, there were 460 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,687 and $23,847 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,095 and $24,621 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geography and cartography programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the geography and cartography program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 Colorado for Geography for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Geography for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Geography for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Geography & Cartography Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Geography for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Front Range Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. FRCC is a fairly large school located in Westminster, Colorado that handed out 3 associates’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
FRCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Geography & Cartography Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Among the 18,703 students enrolled at Front Range Community College, 64 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 62 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,170. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Front Range Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Front Range Community College]](/colleges/front-range-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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