2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Speech Communication for an Associate
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Speech Communication for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Southwest region, there were 3,335 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 195 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality speech communication programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the speech communication program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Speech Communication for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree vets studying speech communication.
Top 1 Best Speech Communication Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Speech Communication for an Associate. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 44 associates’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
Austin Community College District also made our “Best Speech Communication Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Austin Community College District supports 39,896 students, and 2,473 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 59 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $735. 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.
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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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