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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Communication & Media Studies is the 236th most popular major in the country with 3,374 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 508 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other communication and media studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Master’s. Muncie, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other communication and media studies degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Ball State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 21,597 students enrolled at Ball State, 455 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 182 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,124. In addition to receiving other benefits, 29 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 Ball State Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Indiana landed the #2 spot on the list. USI is a medium-sized public school situated in Evansville, Indiana. It awarded 5 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
USI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 10,203 students enrolled at University of Southern Indiana, 162 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 87 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,638. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through 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%.
Full USI Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Communication and Media Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern Illinois University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northeastern Illinois University is a medium-sized public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 14 masters’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Northeastern Illinois University also made our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 147 of the 7,119 students enrolled at Northeastern Illinois University were GI Bill® students, of which 83 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,460. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Northeastern Illinois University]](/colleges/northeastern-illinois-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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