2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Landscape
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Ranked Colleges
35
Degrees Awarded
$27,900
Avg Cost*
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 Landscape” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Landscape Architecture is the 247th most popular major in the country with 905 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, landscape architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,957 and had an average of $24,403 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 35 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,539 and $16,500 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality landscape architecture programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the landscape architecture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Landscape
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Landscape”.
Top 1 Best Landscape Architecture Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Landscape that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Moscow, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified ’s landscape students in 2020-2021.
U of I also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 10,791 students enrolled at University of Idaho, 382 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 248 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,784. During this same period, 29 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
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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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