2023 Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 Colorado for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 20,711 people earned their degree in general civil engineering, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States.
Across Colorado, there were 493 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 329 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general civil engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general civil engineering 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 general civil engineering 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 Colorado for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree vets studying general civil engineering.
Top 4 Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 72 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general civil engineering students in 2020-2021.
CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list.Among the 37,437 students enrolled at CU - Boulder, 1,379 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 968 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,889. On top of their other funding sources, 46 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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 University of Colorado Boulder]](/colleges/university-of-colorado-boulder/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for General Civil Engineering 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 general civil engineering degrees to 90 students in 2020-2021.
Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list.Among the 32,428 students enrolled at Colorado State, 1,606 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,183 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,701. In addition to receiving other benefits, 68 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Colorado State does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full Colorado State Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school handed out 54 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general civil engineering students in 2020-2021.
CU Anschutz also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 24,723 students enrolled at CU Anschutz were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. CU Anschutz offers 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%.
Full CU Anschutz Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s. This medium-sized school is located in Golden, Colorado, and it awarded 73 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Mines also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Among the 6,744 students enrolled at Mines, 234 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 145 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,456. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Full Mines 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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