2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Entrepreneurial Studies for an Associate
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Entrepreneurial Studies for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Entrepreneurship is the 158th most popular major in the country with 8,484 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 261 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent entrepreneurship 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 entrepreneurship program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Entrepreneurial Studies for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Entrepreneurial Studies for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Entrepreneurship 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 Entrepreneurial Studies for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Southern Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Twin Falls, Idaho, this medium-sized public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified associates’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2020-2021.
College of Southern Idaho not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Entrepreneurship Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 122 of the 7,321 students enrolled at College of Southern Idaho were GI Bill® students, of which 73 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,264. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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