2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Wyoming for Accounting

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Wyoming for Accounting” ranking.

Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 73,172 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Wyoming, there were 91 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Wyoming for Accounting” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the accounting program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Wyoming for Accounting

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Wyoming for Accounting”.

Top 2 Best Accounting Colleges for Veterans in Wyoming

1

University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming

473 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$3,738 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Wyoming for Accounting list. Laramie, Wyoming is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s accounting degrees to 60 students in 2020-2021.

UW also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 11,829 students enrolled at UW, 473 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 255 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,738. During this same period, 13 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Wyoming]](/colleges/university-of-wyoming/student-life/veterans/)

2

Laramie County Community College
Cheyenne, Wyoming

186 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$2,488 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Wyoming for Accounting that were part of this year’s ranking, Laramie County Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Cheyenne, Wyoming is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s accounting degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

LCCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, LCCC supports 3,838 students, and 186 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 107 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,488. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at LCCC]](/colleges/laramie-county-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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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