2023 Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
18
Degrees Awarded
$22,900
Avg Cost*
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Communications for a Bachelor’s” 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 the Southwest region, there were 37 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 communication and journalism (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and journalism (other) programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and journalism (other) program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. 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 the Southwest Region for Other Communications for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Communications for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Communications for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Communications for a Bachelor’s. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communications students in 2020-2021.
NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,055 of the 29,566 students enrolled at Northern Arizona University were GI Bill® students, of which 622 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,378. In addition to receiving other benefits, 56 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Northern Arizona University]](/colleges/northern-arizona-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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