2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Digital Communication for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 the New England Region for Digital Communication for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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.
Across the New England region, there were 839 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,968 and $24,648 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Digital Communication for a Master’s” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Digital Communication for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Digital Communication for a Master’s”.
Top 4 Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Master’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 Digital Communication for a Master’s. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s digital communication degrees to 65 students in 2020-2021.
Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 15 of the 32,718 students enrolled at Boston U were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,162. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Boston U Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Digital Communication for a Master’s list. University of Connecticut is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 20 masters’s digital communication degrees in 2020-2021.
UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Connecticut supports 27,215 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Connecticut Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emerson College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Digital Communication for a Master’s list. Emerson is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 masters’s digital communication degrees to qualified students.
Emerson also took the #2 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Of the 5,115 students enrolled at Emerson, 100 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 62 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,410. In addition to receiving other benefits, 38 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Champlain College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Digital Communication for a Master’s. Champlain College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Burlington, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Champlain not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 301 of the 4,137 students enrolled at Champlain were GI Bill® students, of which 196 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,769. During this same period, 26 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Champlain does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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