2023 Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
235
Degrees Awarded
$41,800
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 New England Region for TV for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Radio & Television is the 131st most popular major in the country with 6,559 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 261 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 235 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for TV for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in radio and television. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality radio and television programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the radio and television program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for TV for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for TV for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for TV for a Bachelor’s. Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 219 bachelors’s TV degrees to qualified students.
Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 32,718 students enrolled at Boston U, 15 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,162. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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 Boston University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Suffolk University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for TV for a Bachelor’s. Suffolk University is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 14 bachelors’s TV degrees in 2020-2021.
Suffolk did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Radio & Television Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Suffolk University supports 6,830 students, and 54 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 10 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,143. To help with additional expenses, 21 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Suffolk University]](/colleges/suffolk-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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