2023 Best Business/Corporate Communications Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Business Communications” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Business/Corporate Communications is the 439th most popular major in the country with 1,027 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 90 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Business Communications” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in business/corporate communications. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent business/corporate communications programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the business/corporate communications program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Business Communications
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Business Communications”.
Top 2 Best Business/Corporate Communications Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Business Communications list. Standish, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s business communications degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Saint Joseph’s Maine also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Saint Joseph’s Maine supports 1,967 students, and 15 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 8 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,527. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Saint Joseph’s Maine]](/colleges/saint-josephs-college-of-maine/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bentley University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Business Communications list. Bentley University is a medium-sized school located in Waltham, Massachusetts that handed out 20 ’s business communications degrees in 2020-2021.
Bentley also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 5,177 students enrolled at Bentley University, 31 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 15 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,487. In addition to receiving other benefits, 10 students received funds 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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