2023 Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas

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 Texas for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communications Technologies & Support is the 32nd most popular major in the country with 14,826 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, communications technologies and support graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,611 and had an average of $24,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 958 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,216 and $25,834 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications technologies and support. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communications technologies and support programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communications technologies and support program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The communications technologies & support school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas

1

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

1,092 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$6,097 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s list. Sam Houston State University is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

SHSU also made our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 1,092 of the 21,912 students enrolled at SHSU were GI Bill® students, of which 496 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,097. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SHSU offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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2

The Art Institute of Houston
Houston, Texas

128 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$13,531 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Houston. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s. Ai Houston is a small private for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s communications technologies and support degrees in 2020-2021.

Ai Houston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list.Of the 511 students enrolled at The Art Institute of Houston, 128 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 88 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,531. On top of their other funding sources, 8 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full The Art Institute of Houston Veteran Student Life Report

3

The Art Institute of Austin
Austin, Texas

130 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Communications Technologies & Support for a Bachelor’s list. The Art Institute of Austin is a private for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ai Austin, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 130 of the 236 students enrolled at Ai Austin were GI Bill® students, of which 109 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,465. On top of their other funding sources, 12 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full The Art Institute of Austin Veteran Student Life Report

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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

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.

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