2023 Best Advertising Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,918 people earned their degree in advertising, making the major the 149th most popular in the United States.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in advertising. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality advertising programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the advertising program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s”.
Top 13 Best Advertising Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #1 spot on the list. Syracuse University is a large school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 17 masters’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
Syracuse also made our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Among the 21,322 students enrolled at Syracuse, 385 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 250 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,840. In addition to receiving other benefits, 217 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Syracuse does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Syracuse]](/colleges/syracuse-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #2 spot on the list. UA is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 23 masters’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
UA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, UA supports 37,840 students, and 2,081 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,128 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,975. On top of their other funding sources, 357 students received funds 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 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UA]](/colleges/the-university-of-alabama/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 10 of the 52,679 students enrolled at UIUC were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]](/colleges/university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s. Webster University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 9 masters’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
Webster did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 8,197 students enrolled at Webster, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,175. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Webster 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Webster University]](/colleges/webster-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #5 spot on the list. Boston University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 77 masters’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
Boston U also made our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 15 of the 32,718 students enrolled at Boston U 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. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Boston U]](/colleges/boston-university/student-life/veterans/)
The University of Texas at Austin ranked #6 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s list. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 masters’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
UT Austin also made our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6.Our most recent data shows that 7 of the 50,476 students enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin 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 $2,893. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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University of Oregon ranked #7 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s list. UO is a large school located in Eugene, Oregon that handed out 21 masters’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
UO also took the #7 spot in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 21,752 students enrolled at UO, 582 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 314 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,688. On top of their other funding sources, 25 students qualified for 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Oregon]](/colleges/university-of-oregon/student-life/veterans/)
Temple University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #8. Temple is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 15 masters’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Temple supports 37,236 students, and 830 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 510 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,479. To help with additional expenses, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Southern Methodist University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s ranking. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 327 of the 12,373 students enrolled at Southern Methodist University were GI Bill® students, of which 215 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,612. During this same period, 103 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southern Methodist University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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 SMU]](/colleges/southern-methodist-university/student-life/veterans/)
With a ranking of #10, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 5 masters’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
USF Tampa also made our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #13.Among the 50,626 students enrolled at University of South Florida - Main Campus, 2,211 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,241 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,943. On top of their other funding sources, 13 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of South Florida - Main Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Michigan State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #11. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s advertising degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Michigan State supports 49,695 students, and 2 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,686. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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 freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Michigan State]](/colleges/michigan-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
With a ranking of #12, School of Visual Arts did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s list. SVA is a private for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying advertising list, SVA has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 3,692 students enrolled at SVA, 49 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $21,842. To help with additional expenses, 20 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full SVA Veteran Student Life Report
St John’s University - New York came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Advertising for a Master’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Queens, New York, and it awarded 6 masters’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
STJ also made our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12.Of the 20,143 students enrolled at STJ, 11 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,047. During this same period, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. STJ does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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 STJ]](/colleges/st-johns-university-new-york/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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