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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 in New Jersey for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Other Communication & Media Studies is the 236th most popular major in the country with 3,374 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New Jersey, there were 323 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 280 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other communication and media studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other communication and media studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The other communication and 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 New Jersey for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Montclair, New Jersey, and it awarded 107 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Montclair State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list.Our most recent data shows that 337 of the 21,005 students enrolled at Montclair State were GI Bill® students, of which 186 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,727. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships 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%.
Full Montclair State University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ramapo College of New Jersey landed the #2 spot on the list. Ramapo College of New Jersey is a public institution located in Mahwah, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 101 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Ramapo College also made our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Ramapo College of New Jersey supports 6,042 students, and 77 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 41 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,051. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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 Ramapo College of New Jersey Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Teaneck, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communication and media studies students in 2020-2021.
FDU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking.Among the 7,479 students enrolled at FDU, 48 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 32 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,737. On top of their other funding sources, 14 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. FDU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Jersey City University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s. Jersey City, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
NJCU also made our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 159 of the 7,550 students enrolled at New Jersey City University were GI Bill® students, of which 71 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,391. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. New Jersey City University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full NJCU Veteran Student Life Report
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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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