2023 Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Montana
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,700
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Communication & Journalism for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Communication & Journalism is the 11th most popular major in the country with 120,571 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, communication and journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,266 and had an average of $24,758 in loans still to pay off.
Across Montana, there were 124 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,942 and $24,149 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and journalism 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 communication and journalism 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 Montana for Communication & Journalism 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 Montana for Communication & Journalism for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Communication & Journalism for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Montana
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Communication & Journalism for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #1 spot on the list. UM is located in Missoula, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s communication and journalism degrees to qualified students.
UM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 9,808 students enrolled at The University of Montana were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for 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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