2023 Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$26,863
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Audiovisual for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Audiovisual Communications is the 152nd most popular major in the country with 6,229 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 District of Columbia, there were 30 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,863 and $24,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great audiovisual communications programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Audiovisual for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Audiovisual for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Audiovisual for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. The American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The American University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list.Of the 14,001 students enrolled at American University, 613 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 388 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,027. To help with additional expenses, 206 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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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