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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Communication and Media Studies for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Other Communication & Media Studies is the 236th most popular major in the country with 3,374 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 147 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Communication and Media Studies for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other communication and media studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other communication and media studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Communication and Media Studies for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Communication and Media Studies for an Associate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Castleton University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Communication and Media Studies for an Associate list. Castleton University is a small school located in Castleton, Vermont that handed out 3 associates’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Castleton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Castleton supports 2,211 students, and 74 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 47 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,995. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Full Sail University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Communication and Media Studies for an Associate list. Full Sail University is a large school located in Winter Park, Florida that handed out 39 associates’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Sail University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 24,627 students enrolled at Full Sail University, 4,199 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3,206 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,240. To help with additional expenses, 604 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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