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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Film Studies for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Film/Cinema/Media Studies is the 142nd most popular major in the country with 5,191 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across California, there were 1,623 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 87 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,972 and $17,699 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film / cinema / media studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the film / cinema / media studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The film studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Film Studies for an Associate”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
Most Veteran Friendly in California for Film Studies for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Film Studies for an Associate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College Hollywood. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Film Studies for an Associate list. Columbia College Hollywood is a small school located in Tarzana, California that handed out 8 associates’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Columbia College Hollywood not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in California” list.Among the 760 students enrolled at Columbia College Hollywood, 41 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 26 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,597. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Columbia College Hollywood offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Columbia College Hollywood]](/colleges/columbia-college-hollywood/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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