2023 Best Speech Communication Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Speech Communication for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 41,146 people earned their degree in speech communication, making the major the 18th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 12,496 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4,621 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality speech communication 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 speech communication program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 the Far Western US Region for Speech Communication for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Speech Communication for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Speech Communication for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Speech Communication Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego Mesa College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Speech Communication for an Associate list. Located in San Diego, California, this fairly large public school awarded 68 degrees to qualified associates’s speech communication students in 2020-2021.
San Diego Mesa College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Speech Communication Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, San Diego Mesa College supports 20,693 students, and 982 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 745 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $536. 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.
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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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