2023 Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
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Ranked Colleges
70
Degrees Awarded
$32,986
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Behavioral Science is the 141st most popular major in the country with 4,169 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, behavioral science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,701 and had an average of $35,804 in loans still to pay off.
Across Colorado, there were 79 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,986 and $48,125 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 70 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great behavioral science programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the behavioral science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 Colorado for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree vets studying behavioral science.
Top 1 Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Behavioral Science for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s behavioral science students in 2020-2021.
MSU Denver also took the #1 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.According to our most recent data, Metropolitan State University of Denver supports 19,086 students, and 1,222 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 867 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,619. During this same period, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at MSU Denver]](/colleges/metropolitan-state-college-of-denver/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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