2023 Best Political Communication Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Political Communication for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 187 people earned their degree in political communication, making the major the 923rd most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Political Communication for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in political communication. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality political communication programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the political communication program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Political Communication for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Political Communication for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Best Political Communication Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Political Communication for a Master’s list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s political communication students in 2020-2021.

GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Political Communication Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, George Washington University supports 27,017 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,185. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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American University
Washington, District of Columbia

613 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Political Communication for a Master’s list. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 20 masters’s political communication degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying political communication list, The American University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Political Communication Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 14,001 students enrolled at The American University, 613 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 388 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,027. In addition to receiving other benefits, 206 students received scholarships through 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.