2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Communications Technologies

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Communications Technologies” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Communications Technologies/Technicians & Support Services is the 929th most popular major in the country with 164 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Communications Technologies” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other communications technologies/technicians and support services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other communications technologies/technicians and support services programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other communications technologies/technicians and support services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Other Communications Technologies

The colleges and universities below are the best for vets studying other communications technologies.

Top 2 Best Other Communications Technologies/Technicians & Support Services Colleges for Veterans

1

Framingham State University
Framingham, Massachusetts

170 GI Bill® Students**

$7,993 Average GI Bill® Award

$54,521 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Framingham State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Communications Technologies. Framingham State University is a small school located in Framingham, Massachusetts that handed out 37 ’s other ommunications technologies degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Framingham State, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 4,876 students enrolled at Framingham State, 170 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 130 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,993. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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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DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

528 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$14,957 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Communications Technologies list. DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 ’s other ommunications technologies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DePaul, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, DePaul University supports 21,922 students, and 528 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 367 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,957. During this same period, 101 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%.

Full DePaul University Veteran Student Life Report

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

Footnotes

• *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.