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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 the Middle Atlantic Region for Instructional Media for a Doctorate” ranking.
Instructional Media Design is the 98th most popular major in the country with 8,695 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, instructional media design graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,158 and had an average of $29,016 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,179 instructional media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,533 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Instructional Media for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in instructional media design. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great instructional media design programs and a strong support system for 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 instructional media design program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Instructional Media for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree vets studying instructional media.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Instructional Media for a Doctorate. Syracuse University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 4 doctorate’s instructional media degrees in 2020-2021.
Syracuse also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 21,322 students enrolled at Syracuse, 385 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 250 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,840. In addition to receiving other benefits, 217 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, 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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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Instructional Media for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Duquesne University landed the #2 spot on the list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s instructional media degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Duquesne also made our “Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 219 of the 8,830 students enrolled at Duquesne University were GI Bill® students, of which 127 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,403. On top of their other funding sources, 43 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Instructional Media for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #3 spot on the list. Lehigh is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lehigh, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Lehigh University supports 7,067 students, and 34 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 16 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,051. During this same period, 15 students received funds 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Teachers College at Columbia University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Instructional Media for a Doctorate list. Teachers College is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Teachers College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Instructional Media Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 30 of the 4,547 students enrolled at Teachers College were GI Bill® students, of which 15 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,966. On top of their other funding sources, 7 students received funds 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Teachers College Veteran Student Life Report
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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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