2023 Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$39,700
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Finance for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 51,779 people earned their degree in finance, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States.
Across Colorado, there were 515 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 263 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Finance for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in finance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great finance programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the finance 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 Colorado for Finance for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree vets studying finance.
Top 3 Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Finance for a Bachelor’s list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s finance degrees to 164 students in 2020-2021.
DU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list.Of the 13,856 students enrolled at University of Denver, 571 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 373 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,359. On top of their other funding sources, 155 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
Full DU Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Finance for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. MSU Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 78 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
MSU Denver also took the #2 spot in our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Among the 19,086 students enrolled at Metropolitan State University of Denver, 1,222 are 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. To help with additional expenses, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full MSU Denver Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Finance for a Bachelor’s list. Regis U is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s finance degrees to qualified students.
Regis U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list.According to our most recent data, Regis University supports 6,310 students, and 408 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 329 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,208. In addition to receiving other benefits, 7 students qualified for 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%.
Full Regis University Veteran Student Life Report
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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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