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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 Illinois for Media Management for a Master’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 Illinois, there were 259 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,307 and $23,000 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Media Management for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in arts and media management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent arts and media management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the arts and media management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Illinois for Media Management for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree vets studying media management.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Media Management for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia College Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s media management degrees to qualified students.
Columbia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.According to our most recent data, Columbia supports 6,769 students, and 140 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 98 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,151. On top of their other funding sources, 25 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Columbia does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Columbia College Chicago Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Media Management for a Master’s. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s media management degrees to 52 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Of the 22,603 students enrolled at Northwestern University, 1 were 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 $399. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Northwestern]](/colleges/northwestern-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Media Management for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Roosevelt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Roosevelt is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 15 masters’s media management degrees in 2020-2021.
Roosevelt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list.Among the 4,680 students enrolled at Roosevelt University, 95 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 43 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,071. During this same period, 20 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Roosevelt University]](/colleges/roosevelt-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Media Management for a Master’s. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 14 masters’s media management degrees in 2020-2021.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago also took the #4 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Of the 3,132 students enrolled at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 55 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 33 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,359. During this same period, 16 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full School of the Art Institute of Chicago 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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