2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Communications for a Master’s

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 Connecticut for Communications for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 66,787 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,115 and had an average of $25,414 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 911 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,319 and $25,667 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Communications for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and media studies 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 communication and media studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Communications for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Communications for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut

1

Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, Connecticut

139 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Communications for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Sacred Heart University landed the #1 spot on the list. Sacred Heart University is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 masters’s communications degrees to qualified students.

Sacred Heart also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Sacred Heart supports 9,313 students, and 139 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 82 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,785. On top of their other funding sources, 35 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Sacred Heart University Veteran Student Life Report

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Fairfield University
Fairfield, Connecticut

49 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$10,139 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairfield University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Communications for a Master’s list. Fairfield U is a medium-sized school located in Fairfield, Connecticut that handed out 5 masters’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fairfield U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking.Among the 5,513 students enrolled at Fairfield U, 49 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,139. During this same period, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Fairfield U]](/colleges/fairfield-university/student-life/veterans/)

3

University of Hartford
West Hartford, Connecticut

96 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$12,928 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Communications for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hartford landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Hartford is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 15 masters’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.

UHart also took the #3 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking.Of the 6,493 students enrolled at UHart, 96 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,928. To help with additional expenses, 18 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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

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

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