2023 Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region

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University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Resource Management for a Master’s. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 137 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.

DU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 571 of the 13,856 students enrolled at DU were GI Bill® students, of which 373 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,359. On top of their other funding sources, 155 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%.

Full DU Veteran Student Life Report

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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 #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Resource Management for a Master’s list. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 84 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Colorado State supports 32,428 students, and 1,606 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,183 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,701. To help with additional expenses, 68 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Colorado State offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins]](/colleges/colorado-state-university-fort-collins/student-life/veterans/)

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University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Resource Management for a Master’s list. U of I is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 25 masters’s resource management degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 382 of the 10,791 students enrolled at U of I were GI Bill® students, of which 248 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,784. In addition to receiving other benefits, 29 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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