2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Business Communications for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Business Communications for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,027 people earned their degree in business/corporate communications, making the major the 439th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 476 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Business Communications for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in business/corporate communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality business/corporate communications 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 business/corporate communications program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Business Communications for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Business Communications for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baruch College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Business Communications for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 25 masters’s business communications degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baruch, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 19,740 students enrolled at Baruch, 169 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 107 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,987. 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 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duquesne University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Business Communications for a Master’s. Duquesne University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Duquesne also took the #2 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 8,830 students enrolled at Duquesne University, 219 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 127 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,403. On top of their other funding sources, 43 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Duquesne University]](/colleges/duquesne-university/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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