2023 Best General Journalism Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 for Journalism for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 11,380 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 607 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Journalism for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general journalism programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general journalism program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Journalism for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Journalism for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Journalism for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best General Journalism Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Journalism for an Associate. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified associates’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
Austin Community College District also made our “Best General Journalism Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Among the 39,896 students enrolled at Austin Community College District, 2,473 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 59 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $735. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Austin Community College District offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego Mesa College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Journalism for an Associate list. San Diego, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s journalism degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
San Diego Mesa College also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Journalism Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 20,693 students enrolled at San Diego Mesa College, 982 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 745 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $536. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at San Diego Mesa College]](/colleges/san-diego-mesa-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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