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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Communication & Media Studies is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,266 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Oregon, there were 63 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,095 and $25,983 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and media studies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 in Oregon for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s list. UO is a large public school situated in Eugene, Oregon. It awarded 19 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
UO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list.Our most recent data shows that 582 of the 21,752 students enrolled at University of Oregon were GI Bill® students, of which 314 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,688. On top of their other funding sources, 25 students received scholarships 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%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Linfield University - McMinnville Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. McMinnville, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our oregon bachelor’s degree vets studying media studies list, Linfield has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 50 of the 1,392 students enrolled at Linfield were GI Bill® students, of which 30 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,145. On top of their other funding sources, 6 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Willamette University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s. Salem, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Willamette, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking.According to our most recent data, Willamette University supports 1,866 students, and 38 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 21 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,172. In addition to receiving other benefits, 15 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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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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