2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Rocky Mountains Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,187 people earned their degree in civil engineering technology, making the major the 237th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, civil engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,421 and had an average of $25,812 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 50 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,984 and $27,613 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in civil engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent civil engineering technology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the civil engineering technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Colorado State University - Pueblo
Pueblo, Colorado

21 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Pueblo is located in Pueblo, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Colorado State University - Pueblo also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Among the 5,925 students enrolled at Colorado State University - Pueblo, 21 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,707. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Colorado State University - Pueblo offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Full Colorado State University - Pueblo Veteran Student Life Report

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Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

1,222 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.

MSU Denver also made our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2.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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. MSU Denver does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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• Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sean Mack.