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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Rhode Island, there were 41 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 39 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,833 and $24,930 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other communication and media studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Bristol, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 24 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communication and media studies students in 2020-2021.
RWU also made our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #1.Among the 4,702 students enrolled at RWU, 95 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 48 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,342. During this same period, 0 students qualified for 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 Roger Williams University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Salve Regina University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Bachelor’s. Salve Regina is a small school located in Newport, Rhode Island that handed out 15 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Salve Regina also made our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #2.Of the 2,771 students enrolled at Salve Regina, 74 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,783. On top of their other funding sources, 11 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Salve Regina University]](/colleges/salve-regina-university/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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