2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Studies for a Bachelor’s

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Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Studies for a Bachelor’s. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 164 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.

MSU Bozeman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Of the 16,218 students enrolled at Montana State University, 656 were 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. 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 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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University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Studies for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Laramie, Wyoming, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.

UW also took the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Of the 11,829 students enrolled at University of Wyoming, 473 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 255 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,738. On top of their other funding sources, 13 students qualified for 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Wyoming]](/colleges/university-of-wyoming/student-life/veterans/)

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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 #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s family studies degrees to qualified students.

Colorado State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,701. On top of their other funding sources, 68 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

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Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, Utah

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #4 spot on the list. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s family studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Among the 36,461 students enrolled at BYU, 368 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 220 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,856. 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.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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