2023 Best Telecommunications Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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 for Telcom Management for a Master’s” ranking.

Telecommunications Management is the 1223rd most popular major in the country with 55 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Telcom Management for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in telecommunications management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality telecommunications management programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the telecommunications management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Telcom Management for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying telcom management.

Top 2 Best Telecommunications Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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Golden Gate University - San Francisco
San Francisco, California

1,009 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Telcom Management for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Golden Gate University - San Francisco landed the #1 spot on the list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 3 masters’s telcom management degrees in 2020-2021.

Golden Gate University - San Francisco did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Telecommunications Management Master’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Golden Gate University - San Francisco supports 2,472 students, and 1,009 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 816 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,556. On top of their other funding sources, 75 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Golden Gate University - San Francisco offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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%.

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St. Thomas University
Miami Gardens, Florida

14 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$13,040 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Thomas University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Telcom Management for a Master’s list. STU is a medium-sized school located in Miami Gardens, Florida that handed out 11 masters’s telcom management degrees in 2020-2021.

STU also made our “Best Telecommunications Management Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Among the 5,601 students enrolled at St. Thomas University, 14 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,040. During this same period, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full St. Thomas University Veteran Student Life Report

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Richard Bartz.