2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
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Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 York for Communications for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
With 66,787 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, communication and media studies is the 10th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,115 and had an average of $25,414 in loans still to pay off.
Across New York, there were 4,490 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,631 and $21,341 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 464 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,256 and $16,406 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications for an Associate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications for an Associate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nassau Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications for an Associate list. Located in Garden City, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 37 degrees to qualified associates’s communications students in 2020-2021.
Nassau Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in New York” list.According to our most recent data, Nassau Community College supports 13,864 students, and 217 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 141 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,692. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Nassau Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Nassau Community College]](/colleges/nassau-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Borough of Manhattan Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Borough of Manhattan Community College is a fairly large school located in New York, New York that handed out 101 associates’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
BMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in New York” list.Of the 22,496 students enrolled at Borough of Manhattan Community College, 445 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 345 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,303. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, LaGuardia Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Long Island City, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s communications degrees to 54 students in 2020-2021.
LaGuardia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in New York” list.According to our most recent data, LaGuardia Community College supports 16,971 students, and 194 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 141 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,150. In addition to receiving other benefits, 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 LaGuardia]](/colleges/cuny-laguardia-community-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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