2023 Best Speech Communication Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$40,100
Avg Cost*
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 Pennsylvania for Speech Communication for a Master’s” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 1,056 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Speech Communication for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in speech communication. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 Pennsylvania for Speech Communication for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Speech Communication for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree vets studying speech communication.
Top 2 Best Speech Communication Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Speech Communication for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Duquesne University landed the #1 spot on the list. Duquesne University is a medium-sized school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 5 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duquesne, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Speech Communication Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.According to our most recent data, Duquesne supports 8,830 students, and 219 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 127 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,403. To help with additional expenses, 43 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Duquesne offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Villanova University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Speech Communication for a Master’s. Villanova University is a fairly large school located in Villanova, Pennsylvania that handed out 8 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Villanova, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Speech Communication Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.According to our most recent data, Villanova supports 11,032 students, and 997 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 824 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,584. In addition to receiving other benefits, 41 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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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