2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Modern Languages for a Bachelor’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Modern Languages for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Modern Languages is the 234th most popular major in the country with 2,871 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 134 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 97 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Modern Languages for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in modern languages. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great modern languages programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the modern languages program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Modern Languages for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Modern Languages for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado

1,606 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$10,701 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Modern Languages for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Of the 32,428 students enrolled at Colorado State University - Fort Collins, 1,606 were 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 qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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

[Read full report on veteran student life at Colorado State]](/colleges/colorado-state-university-fort-collins/student-life/veterans/)

2

Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

1,222 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Modern Languages for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. Metropolitan State University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 17 bachelors’s modern languages degrees in 2020-2021.

MSU Denver not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Among the 19,086 students enrolled at MSU Denver, 1,222 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 867 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,619. On top of their other funding sources, 7 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Metropolitan State University of Denver]](/colleges/metropolitan-state-college-of-denver/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Modern Languages Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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 Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty.