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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 California for Media Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 4,788 people earned their degree in arts and media management, making the major the 136th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,900 and had an average of $25,520 in loans still to pay off.
Across California, there were 315 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,997 and $33,442 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 223 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Media Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in arts and media management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality arts and media management programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the arts and media management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Media Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Media Management for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Media Management for a Bachelor’s list. USC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
USC also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, USC supports 46,287 students, and 1,311 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 862 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,487. On top of their other funding sources, 388 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. USC 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Media Management for a Bachelor’s. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s media management degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
UCLA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.Of the 44,589 students enrolled at University of California - Los Angeles, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,071. During this same period, 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Media Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in La Jolla, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media management students in 2020-2021.
National University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.Among the 18,070 students enrolled at National University, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. National University 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pepperdine University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Media Management for a Bachelor’s. Located in Malibu, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media management students in 2020-2021.
Pepperdine also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3.Among the 9,554 students enrolled at Pepperdine, 458 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 288 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,329. To help with additional expenses, 180 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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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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