2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Ag Mech for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$24,500
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Ag Mech for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Agricultural Mechanization is the 252nd most popular major in the country with 1,280 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, ag mechanization graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,820 and had an average of $17,584 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 24 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent ag mechanization programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 ag mechanization program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The ag mech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Ag Mech for an Associate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Ag Mech for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Ag Mech for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Agricultural Mechanization Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Ag Mech for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #1 spot on the list. USU is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 5 associates’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
USU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Among the 27,691 students enrolled at USU, 3 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $285. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships 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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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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