2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communication Arts for a Master’s
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 New England Region for Communication Arts for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Communications is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,001 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 1,344 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communication Arts for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in communications. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communications programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communications program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communication Arts for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communication Arts for a Master’s”.
Top 4 Best Communications Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communication Arts for a Master’s. Boston U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 59 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 15 of the 32,718 students enrolled at Boston University were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,162. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Boston U]](/colleges/boston-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communication Arts for a Master’s list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 5 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 11,741 students enrolled at UMaine, 21 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 17 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,419. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMaine does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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 UMaine]](/colleges/university-of-maine/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lasell University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communication Arts for a Master’s list. Lasell is located in Newton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 masters’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
Lasell also took the #3 spot in our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Lasell University supports 1,951 students, and 58 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 29 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,225. During this same period, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Lasell]](/colleges/lasell-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clark University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communication Arts for a Master’s. This small school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 34 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Clark did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 20 of the 3,405 students enrolled at Clark University were GI Bill® students, of which 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,985. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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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