2023 Best General Civil Engineering Colleges for Veterans in Montana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for General Civil Engineering” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Civil Engineering is the 41st most popular major in the country with 20,711 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Montana, there were 134 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for General Civil Engineering” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for General Civil Engineering” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for General Civil Engineering

The colleges and universities below are the best for montana vets studying general civil engineering.

Top 2 Best General Civil Engineering Colleges for Veterans in Montana

1

Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

656 GI Bill® Students**

$7,023 Average GI Bill® Award

$49,066 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for General Civil Engineering that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #1 spot on the list. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 97 ’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Bozeman, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 16,218 students enrolled at MSU Bozeman, 656 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. To help with additional expenses, 37 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Montana State University]](/colleges/montana-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Montana Technological University
Butte, Montana

117 GI Bill® Students**

$4,336 Average GI Bill® Award

$49,032 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana Technological University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for General Civil Engineering. Butte, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s general civil engineering degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.

Montana Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 1,650 students enrolled at Montana Technological University, 117 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 60 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,336. To help with additional expenses, 11 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full Montana Technological 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

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 Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.