2023 Best Communications Technologies & Support Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s” ranking.

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 New York, there were 1,072 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,713 and $22,161 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Best Communications Technologies & Support Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York

1

New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, New York

4 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s list. Old Westbury, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s communications technologies and support degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.

NYIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list.Among the 6,851 students enrolled at NYIT, 4 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $24,477. During this same period, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. NYIT offers 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%.

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2

Pratt Institute - Main
Brooklyn, New York

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$52,211 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pratt Institute - Main. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Communications Technologies & Support for a Master’s. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified masters’s communications technologies and support students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pratt Institute, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.According to our most recent data, Pratt Institute supports 4,353 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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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