2023 Best Pre-Engineering Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Pre-Engineering” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Pre-Engineering is the 284th most popular major in the country with 2,437 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 27 pre-engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pre-engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pre-engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Pre-Engineering” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Pre-Engineering
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Pre-Engineering”.
Top 1 Best Pre-Engineering Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Pre-Engineering that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #1 spot on the list. UVU is a large school located in Orem, Utah that handed out 20 ’s pre-engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
UVU also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Utah Valley University supports 40,936 students, and 813 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 379 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,550. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Utah Valley University 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%.
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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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