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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 for Media Studies for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,266 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 274 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Media Studies for an Associate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The media studies 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 for Media Studies for an Associate”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Media Studies for an Associate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nassau Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Media Studies for an Associate. Nassau Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Garden City, New York. It awarded 18 associates’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Nassau Community College also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Among the 13,864 students enrolled at Nassau Community College, 217 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 141 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,692. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Borough of Manhattan Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Media Studies for an Associate. BMCC is a fairly large school located in New York, New York that handed out 101 associates’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our associate degree vets studying media studies list, BMCC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 445 of the 22,496 students enrolled at Borough of Manhattan Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 345 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,303. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Media Studies for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Philadelphia landed the #3 spot on the list. Community College of Philadelphia is a fairly large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 29 associates’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Community College of Philadelphia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 291 of the 13,672 students enrolled at Community College of Philadelphia were GI Bill® students, of which 136 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,118. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Community College of Philadelphia does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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