2023 Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut
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Ranked Colleges
19
Degrees Awarded
$41,600
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 Connecticut for Journalism for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 11,380 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Connecticut, there were 123 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general journalism programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general journalism program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The journalism school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Journalism for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Journalism for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Journalism for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Quinnipiac University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Journalism for a Master’s. Located in Hamden, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s journalism students in 2020-2021.
Quinnipiac also made our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1.Of the 9,746 students enrolled at Quinnipiac University, 16 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $21,337. During this same period, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national 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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