2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Sports Communication

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 Connecticut for Sports Communication” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Sports Communication is the 532nd most popular major in the country with 729 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Connecticut, there were 2 sports communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Sports Communication” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sports communication. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sports communication programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sports communication program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Sports Communication

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Sports Communication”.

Top 2 Best Sports Communication Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut

1

Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, Connecticut

139 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$12,785 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sacred Heart University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Sports Communication list. Sacred Heart University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Sacred Heart did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 9,313 students enrolled at Sacred Heart, 139 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 82 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,785. During this same period, 35 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Sacred Heart offers credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Sacred Heart University]](/colleges/sacred-heart-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Fairfield University
Fairfield, Connecticut

49 GI Bill® Students**

$10,139 Average GI Bill® Award

$86,060 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairfield University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Sports Communication list. Fairfield University is a medium-sized school located in Fairfield, Connecticut that handed out 1 ’s sports communication degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our connecticut vets studying sports communication list, Fairfield U has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Fairfield U supports 5,513 students, and 49 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 19 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,139. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Fairfield U 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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.