2023 Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
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Ranked Colleges
43
Degrees Awarded
$35,200
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 Other Communications for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Communication & Journalism (Other) is the 229th most popular major in the country with 1,128 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, communication and journalism (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,960 and had an average of $23,774 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 116 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,695 and $23,406 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 43 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,360 and $19,957 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and journalism (other) programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication and journalism (other) program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Other Communications for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Other Communications for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Other Communications for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Immaculata University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Other Communications for an Associate list. This small school is located in Immaculata, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 associates’s other communications degrees in 2020-2021.
Immaculata also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 38 of the 2,563 students enrolled at Immaculata University were GI Bill® students, of which 21 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,208. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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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