2023 Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree 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 Public Health for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Public Health is the 26th most popular major in the country with 40,596 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,158 and had an average of $27,396 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,338 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,293 and $23,469 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 801 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in public health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public health programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the public health program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree vets studying public health.
Top 13 Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Of the 33,081 students enrolled at University of Utah, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Utah]](/colleges/university-of-utah/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.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. During this same period, 68 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Colorado State]](/colleges/colorado-state-university-fort-collins/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s list. USU is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
USU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 3 of the 27,691 students enrolled at USU were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $285. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. USU does offer 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Boise, Idaho, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Boise State also made our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #7.Among the 24,069 students enrolled at Boise State, 1,134 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 798 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,559. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Boise State offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Boise State University]](/colleges/boise-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s list. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 172 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.According to our most recent data, BYU supports 36,461 students, and 368 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 220 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,856. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. BYU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at BYU]](/colleges/brigham-young-university-provo/student-life/veterans/)
Utah Valley University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Orem, Utah, this large public school awarded 82 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
UVU also made our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #11.Our most recent data shows that 813 of the 40,936 students enrolled at Utah Valley University were GI Bill® students, of which 379 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,550. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for 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%.
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Montana Technological University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s list. Montana Technological University is a small school located in Butte, Montana that handed out 16 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Montana Tech also made our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #8.Our most recent data shows that 117 of the 1,650 students enrolled at Montana Technological University were GI Bill® students, of which 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. On top of their other funding sources, 11 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Montana Technological University Veteran Student Life Report
Weber State University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s ranking. Weber State University is a large public school situated in Ogden, Utah. It awarded 40 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
WSU also made our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #10.According to our most recent data, Weber State University supports 29,596 students, and 747 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 472 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,815. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Weber State University does offer 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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Carroll College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s ranking. Carroll Montana is a private not-for-profit institution located in Helena, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Carroll Montana also made our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #9.Among the 1,108 students enrolled at Carroll Montana, 69 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 36 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,186. On top of their other funding sources, 23 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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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Westminster College Utah did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #10. This small school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Westminster College Salt Lake not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.According to our most recent data, Westminster College Salt Lake supports 1,849 students, and 63 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 33 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,108. On top of their other funding sources, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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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Dixie State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. Saint George, Utah is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
Dixie State College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #13 on our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Of the 12,043 students enrolled at Dixie State University, 267 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 96 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,877. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Dixie State University Veteran Student Life Report
Fort Lewis College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s ranking. FLC is a public institution located in Durango, Colorado. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
FLC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 101 of the 3,469 students enrolled at FLC were GI Bill® students, of which 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,268. In addition to receiving other benefits, 6 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at FLC]](/colleges/fort-lewis-college/student-life/veterans/)
With a ranking of #13, Brigham Young University - Idaho did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Public Health for a Bachelor’s list. Brigham Young University - Idaho is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Rexburg, Idaho. It awarded 317 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
BYU - I also took the #5 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Of the 44,481 students enrolled at BYU - I, 471 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 200 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,677. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Brigham Young University - Idaho]](/colleges/brigham-young-university-idaho/student-life/veterans/)
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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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