2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Geoscience Engineering for a Master’s

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Geoscience Engineering for a Master’s. U of U is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 1 masters’s geoscience engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

U of U also made our “Best Geoscience Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 33,081 students enrolled at U of U were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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 School of Mines
Golden, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Geoscience Engineering for a Master’s list. Located in Golden, Colorado, this medium-sized public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified masters’s geoscience engineering students in 2020-2021.

Mines not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Geoscience Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Of the 6,744 students enrolled at Mines, 234 were 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Colorado School of Mines Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Geoscience Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #3 spot on the list. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s geoscience engineering degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

U of I also made our “Best Geoscience Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, University of Idaho supports 10,791 students, and 382 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 248 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,784. On top of their other funding sources, 29 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%.

Full U of I Veteran Student Life Report