2023 Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$30,657
Avg Salary
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 in the New England Region for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 14,826 people earned their degree in communications technologies and support, making the major the 32nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, communications technologies and support graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,611 and had an average of $24,581 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 286 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,657 and $26,588 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 133 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications technologies and support. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communications technologies and support 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 communications technologies and support program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Framingham State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Framingham, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communications technologies and support degrees to 37 students in 2020-2021.
Framingham State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 170 of the 4,876 students enrolled at Framingham State University were GI Bill® students, of which 130 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,993. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 Framingham State University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s. New England Tech is a small school located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island that handed out 31 bachelors’s communications technologies and support degrees in 2020-2021.
New England Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, New England Institute of Technology supports 2,031 students, and 259 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 135 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,686. On top of their other funding sources, 34 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%. 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.
Full New England Tech Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Montserrat College of Art landed the #3 spot on the list. Montserrat College of Art is a private not-for-profit institution located in Beverly, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Montserrat College of Art, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Of the 362 students enrolled at Montserrat College of Art, 8 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,763. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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