2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for TV for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for TV for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 6,559 people earned their degree in radio and television, making the major the 131st most popular in the United States.
Across Illinois, there were 527 radio and television graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great radio and television programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
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. 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 Illinois for TV for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for TV for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for TV for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Radio & Television Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for TV for a Master’s. Macomb, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s TV degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
WIU also made our “Best Radio & Television Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1.Among the 7,490 students enrolled at WIU, 330 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 62 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,652. 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.
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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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