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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Rocky Mountains Region for Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs is the 404th most popular major in the country with 1,128 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 9 other communication, journalism, and related programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 other communication, journalism, and related programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication, journalism, and related programs. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other communication, journalism, and related programs programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other communication, journalism, and related programs program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs for a Bachelor’s list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other communication, journalism, and related programs degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
MSU Denver also made our “Best Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, MSU Denver supports 19,086 students, and 1,222 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 867 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,619. To help with additional expenses, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. MSU Denver does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Metropolitan State University of Denver]](/colleges/metropolitan-state-college-of-denver/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #2 spot on the list. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 1 bachelors’s other communication, journalism, and related programs degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Of the 36,461 students enrolled at Brigham Young University - Provo, 368 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 220 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,856. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Brigham Young University - Provo offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westminster College Utah. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs for a Bachelor’s list. Westminster College Utah is a small school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 1 bachelors’s other communication, journalism, and related programs degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Westminster College Salt Lake, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Of the 1,849 students enrolled at Westminster College Utah, 63 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 33 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,108. In addition to receiving other benefits, 7 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Westminster College Utah does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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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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