2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 99,265 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,712 and had an average of $26,539 in loans still to pay off.
Across Colorado, there were 1,791 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,781 and $34,414 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 712 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting programs as well as strong veteran support.
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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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 Accounting for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 9 Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Denver is a private not-for-profit institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list.According to our most recent data, University of Denver supports 13,856 students, and 571 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 373 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,359. To help with additional expenses, 155 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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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 136 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
MSU Denver also made our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #5.Of the 19,086 students enrolled at MSU Denver, 1,222 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 867 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,619. On top of their other funding sources, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs landed the #3 spot on the list. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit institution located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 160 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list.Of the 28,244 students enrolled at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs, 839 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 690 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,760. On top of their other funding sources, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Global Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, this fairly large public school handed out 228 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
Colorado State University - Global Campus also took the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.According to our most recent data, Colorado State University - Global Campus supports 12,578 students, and 1,398 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,008 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,236. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Colorado State University - Global Campus does offer 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 Colorado State University - Global Campus Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Regis University landed the #5 spot on the list. Regis University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 38 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Regis U also took the #4 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Of the 6,310 students enrolled at Regis U, 408 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 329 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,208. On top of their other funding sources, 7 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Regis U offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Regis U Veteran Student Life Report
Colorado Christian University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s ranking. Colorado Christian University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Lakewood, Colorado. It awarded 32 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
CCU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 574 of the 7,839 students enrolled at Colorado Christian University were GI Bill® students, of which 446 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,761. On top of their other funding sources, 11 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Colorado Christian University Veteran Student Life Report
Colorado Mesa University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s list. Colorado Mesa is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
Colorado Mesa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list.According to our most recent data, Colorado Mesa University supports 9,110 students, and 439 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 196 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,707. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Colorado Mesa University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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Fort Lewis College did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Durango, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at FLC, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Among the 3,469 students enrolled at Fort Lewis College, 101 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,268. During this same period, 6 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Western Colorado University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Accounting for a Bachelor’s list. Gunnison, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Western also made our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #8.According to our most recent data, Western supports 3,203 students, and 75 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 46 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,543. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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