2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$37,300
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 the Far Western US Region for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 14,826 people earned their degree in communications technologies and support, making the major the 32nd most popular in the United States. 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 the Far Western US region, there were 2,851 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,303 and $29,315 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communications technologies and support programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the communications technologies and support program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Communications Technologies & Support Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 103 masters’s communications technologies and support degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Academy of Art University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 8,928 students enrolled at Academy of Art University, 1,287 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,016 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,275. To help with additional expenses, 257 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Academy of Art University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Academy of Art University]](/colleges/academy-of-art-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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