2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s

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Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor is the 176th most popular major in the country with 5,764 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 655 teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Utah State University
Logan, Utah

3 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s list. USU is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 11 masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2020-2021.

USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Among the 27,691 students enrolled at Utah State University, 3 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $285. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for 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 Utah State University Veteran Student Life Report

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Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, Utah

8,828 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Governors University landed the #2 spot on the list. WGU is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 483 masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WGU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Of the 147,866 students enrolled at WGU, 8,828 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5,287 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,681. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. WGU does offer 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%.

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Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, Utah

368 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$3,856 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language students in 2020-2021.

BYU also made our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 36,461 students enrolled at BYU, 368 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 220 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,856. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. BYU offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at BYU]](/colleges/brigham-young-university-provo/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.

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