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

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Construction Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 184 students in 2020-2021.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Of the 32,428 students enrolled at Colorado State, 1,606 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,183 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,701. To help with additional expenses, 68 students received scholarships through 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Construction Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s list. Bozeman, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.

MSU Bozeman not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 656 of the 16,218 students enrolled at Montana State University were GI Bill® students, of which 393 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,023. On top of their other funding sources, 37 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%.

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Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction, Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Mesa University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Construction Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s. Colorado Mesa is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Colorado Mesa also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3.Among the 9,110 students enrolled at Colorado Mesa University, 439 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 196 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,707. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Colorado Mesa University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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