2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Communications for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
58
Degrees Awarded
$33,096
Avg Salary
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 Montana for Communications for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Montana, there were 60 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,096 and $24,930 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,324 and $24,992 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 communication and media studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Communications 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. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Communications for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Communications for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Communications for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Missoula, Montana, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
UM also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana” list, coming in at #1.Of the 9,808 students enrolled at The University of Montana, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 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 The University of Montana]](/colleges/the-university-of-montana/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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