2023 Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
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Ranked Colleges
85
Degrees Awarded
$20,696
Avg Salary
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 Pennsylvania for Audiovisual for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 6,229 people earned their degree in audiovisual communications, making the major the 152nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, audiovisual communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $23,273 and had an average of $24,602 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 104 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,526 and $37,355 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 85 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,360 and $19,957 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality audiovisual communications programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the audiovisual communications program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Audiovisual for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Audiovisual for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Audiovisual for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Audiovisual for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Northampton County Area Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 28 degrees to qualified associates’s audiovisual students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northampton Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Of the 8,951 students enrolled at Northampton County Area Community College, 223 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 114 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,086. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Northampton County Area Community College 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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