2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Communication Arts for an Associate
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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 for Communication Arts for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Communications is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,001 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 308 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communications programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communications program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Communication Arts for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying communication arts.
Top 1 Best Communications Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Communication Arts for an Associate list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 71 degrees to qualified associates’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CNM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communications Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 21,398 students enrolled at CNM, 839 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 390 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,171. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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