2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Communications for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
53
Degrees Awarded
$32,622
Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Communications for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,128 people earned their degree in communication and journalism (other), making the major the 229th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, communication and journalism (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,960 and had an average of $23,774 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 150 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,081 and $25,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Communications for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communication and journalism (other). Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and journalism (other) programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the communication and journalism (other) program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Communications for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Communications for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Communications for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California Lutheran University landed the #1 spot on the list. CLU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Thousand Oaks, California. It awarded 40 bachelors’s other communications degrees in 2020-2021.
CLU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 166 of the 4,027 students enrolled at California Lutheran University were GI Bill® students, of which 126 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,342. On top of their other funding sources, 37 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. California Lutheran University does offer 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%.
Full California Lutheran University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dominican University of California. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Communications for a Bachelor’s. Located in San Rafael, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communications students in 2020-2021.
DUofC also made our “Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2.Among the 1,837 students enrolled at DUofC, 31 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,043. During this same period, 13 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at DUofC]](/colleges/dominican-university-of-california/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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