2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Communication Management and Strategic Communications for a Bachelor’s
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Degrees Awarded
$32,600
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Middle Atlantic Region for Communication Management and Strategic Communications for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Communication Management and Strategic Communications is the 352nd most popular major in the country with 1,397 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 646 communication management and strategic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 308 communication management and strategic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Communication Management and Strategic Communications for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in communication management and strategic communications. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication management and strategic communications programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication management and strategic communications program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Communication Management and Strategic Communications for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Communication Management and Strategic Communications for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 4 Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Communication Management and Strategic Communications for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Fredonia landed the #1 spot on the list. Fredonia, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communication management and strategic communications degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
SUNY Fredonia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, SUNY Fredonia supports 4,055 students, and 72 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 18 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,394. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full SUNY Fredonia Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Scranton. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Communication Management and Strategic Communications for a Bachelor’s. Scranton, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communication management and strategic communications degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
University of Scranton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 4,957 students enrolled at University of Scranton, 116 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 85 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,790. During this same period, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Scranton]](/colleges/university-of-scranton/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Communication Management and Strategic Communications for a Bachelor’s. Eastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
EU also made our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4.Among the 3,504 students enrolled at EU, 59 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 22 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,592. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Communication Management and Strategic Communications for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Fashion Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 280 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communication management and strategic communications students in 2020-2021.
FIT SUNY also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 83 of the 8,191 students enrolled at FIT SUNY were GI Bill® students, of which 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,456. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Fashion Institute of Technology]](/colleges/fashion-institute-of-technology/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.