2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Digital Communication for an Associate
4
Ranked Colleges
1,367
Degrees Awarded
$18,359
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly for Digital Communication for an Associate” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 17,669 people earned their degree in radio, television and digital communication, making the major the 61st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, radio, television and digital communication graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,775 and had an average of $24,244 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,367 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Digital Communication for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in radio, television and digital communication. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality radio, television and digital communication programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the radio, television and digital communication program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Digital Communication for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying digital communication.
Top 4 Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Digital Communication for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 33 associates’s digital communication degrees in 2020-2021.
Austin Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” list.Among the 39,896 students enrolled at Austin Community College District, 2,473 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 59 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $735. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Austin Community College District offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wilmington University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Digital Communication for an Associate. Located in New Castle, Delaware, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s digital communication students in 2020-2021.
Wilmington University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 37 of the 14,769 students enrolled at Wilmington University were GI Bill® students, of which 30 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,088. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Full Wilmington University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinclair Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Digital Communication for an Associate list. Dayton, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s digital communication degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Sinclair Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 23 of the 18,687 students enrolled at Sinclair Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,907. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Sinclair Community College Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Digital Communication for an Associate. Located in South Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school handed out 44 degrees to qualified associates’s digital communication students in 2020-2021.
SMCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools” list.Of the 5,789 students enrolled at Southern Maine Community College, 251 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 143 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,882. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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