2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$40,200
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Middle Atlantic Region for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,553 people earned their degree in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication, making the major the 327th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 446 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 446 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication 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 Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other public relations, advertising, and applied communication 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 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying public relations, advertising, and applied communication.
Top 4 Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duquesne University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s list. Duquesne University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duquesne, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Duquesne University supports 8,830 students, and 219 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 127 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,403. During this same period, 43 students received funds 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 86%. 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 Duquesne Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s list. Temple University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to qualified students.
Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 830 of the 37,236 students enrolled at Temple were GI Bill® students, of which 510 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,479. During this same period, 9 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 87%. 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%.
Full Temple Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St John’s University - New York. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Queens, New York, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at STJ, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 20,143 students enrolled at STJ, 11 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,047. During this same period, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. STJ 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%.
Full St John’s University - New York Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marymount Manhattan College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s list. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
MMC also made our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4.Of the 1,722 students enrolled at MMC, 45 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,970. On top of their other funding sources, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Marymount Manhattan College Veteran Student Life Report
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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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