2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for General Meteorology for a Master’s

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for General Meteorology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #1 spot on the list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general meteorology degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

U of U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 33,081 students enrolled at University of Utah were GI Bill® students, of which 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full U of U Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for General Meteorology for a Master’s. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s general meteorology students in 2020-2021.

CU - Boulder also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Of the 37,437 students enrolled at CU - Boulder, 1,379 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 968 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,889. During this same period, 46 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at CU - Boulder]](/colleges/university-of-colorado-boulder/student-life/veterans/)

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for General Meteorology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 8 masters’s general meteorology degrees in 2020-2021.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,606 of the 32,428 students enrolled at Colorado State were GI Bill® students, of which 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. On top of their other funding sources, 68 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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/)