2023 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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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 in the New England Region for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is the 170th most popular major in the country with 4,203 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 165 public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public relations, advertising, and applied communication programs and a strong support system for 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 public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The public relations, advertising, and applied communication school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree vets studying public relations, advertising, and applied communication.
Top 2 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication 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 a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Fairfield, Connecticut. It awarded 20 masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.
Sacred Heart did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 139 of the 9,313 students enrolled at Sacred Heart University were GI Bill® students, of which 82 were 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 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 impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Emerson College landed the #2 spot on the list. Emerson is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 17 masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.
Emerson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Emerson supports 5,115 students, and 100 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 62 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,410. To help with additional expenses, 38 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Emerson offers credit for military training for eligible 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%.
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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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