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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 10,266 people earned their degree in communication and media studies, making the major the 82nd most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 269 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 203 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and media studies 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 communication and media studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying media studies.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s list. UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
UMaine also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, UMaine supports 11,741 students, and 21 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 17 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,419. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMaine offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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 University of Maine Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Michael’s College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Colchester, Vermont, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Saint Michael’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 21 of the 1,724 students enrolled at Saint Michael’s were GI Bill® students, of which 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,892. During this same period, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #3 spot on the list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s media studies degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 8,022 students enrolled at University of Southern Maine, 400 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 174 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,298. 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 University of Southern Maine Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying media studies list, SCSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Of the 9,331 students enrolled at SCSU, 301 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 202 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,110. To help with additional expenses, 1 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 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Worcester State is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 16 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Worcester State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Worcester State supports 5,724 students, and 117 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 49 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,630. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Worcester State does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
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Central Connecticut State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Central Connecticut State University is located in New Britain, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.
CCSU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 10,652 students enrolled at CCSU, 321 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 166 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,782. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full CCSU Veteran Student Life Report
Fisher College did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying media studies list, Fisher College has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 1,419 students enrolled at Fisher College were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,041. 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.
Full Fisher College Veteran Student Life Report
University of Bridgeport ranked #8 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying media studies list, UBridgeport has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Of the 4,155 students enrolled at University of Bridgeport, 85 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 57 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,432. During this same period, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UBridgeport]](/colleges/university-of-bridgeport/student-life/veterans/)
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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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