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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Pennsylvania, there were 217 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 166 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania 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. 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.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree vets studying other communication and media studies.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 69 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communication and media studies students in 2020-2021.
UPenn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Our most recent data shows that 324 of the 26,552 students enrolled at University of Pennsylvania were GI Bill® students, of which 131 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,383. On top of their other funding sources, 78 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Point Park University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other communication and media studies students in 2020-2021.
Point Park also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Among the 3,591 students enrolled at Point Park, 110 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 68 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,640. To help with additional expenses, 18 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Neumann University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Aston, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Neumann, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 46 of the 2,506 students enrolled at Neumann University were GI Bill® students, of which 28 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,093. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Neumann University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Widener University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Widener University is a medium-sized school located in Chester, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Widener did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Our most recent data shows that 111 of the 6,150 students enrolled at Widener University were GI Bill® students, of which 51 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,151. In addition to receiving other benefits, 9 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%.
Full Widener University 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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