2023 Best Communications Technologies & Support Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
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Ranked Colleges
137
Degrees Awarded
$37,300
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Communications Technologies & Support is the 32nd most popular major in the country with 14,826 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 California, there were 2,380 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,238 and $30,286 respectively.
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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communications technologies and support program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The communications technologies & support 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 California for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Communications Technologies & Support Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 103 masters’s communications technologies and support degrees in 2020-2021.
Academy of Art University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Master’s Degree Schools in California” list.Among the 8,928 students enrolled at Academy of Art University, 1,287 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,016 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,275. To help with additional expenses, 257 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 Academy of Art University]](/colleges/academy-of-art-university/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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