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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$32,100
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Communication and Media Studies for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,374 people earned their degree in other communication and media studies, making the major the 236th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 255 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other 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 other communication and media studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Communication and Media Studies for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Communication and Media Studies for an Associate”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Communication and Media Studies for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Castleton University landed the #1 spot on the list. Castleton, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s other communication and media studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Castleton, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Castleton supports 2,211 students, and 74 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 47 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,995. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Castleton]](/colleges/castleton-state-college/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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