2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Drama Education for a Bachelor’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Drama Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 293 people earned their degree in drama and dance education, making the major the 713th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 4 drama and dance education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 drama and dance education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Drama Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in drama and dance education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality drama and dance education 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 drama and dance education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Drama Education for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying drama education.
Top 2 Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Drama Education for a Bachelor’s. Minnesota State Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s drama education degrees to qualified students.
Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Minnesota State Mankato supports 14,761 students, and 331 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 147 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,814. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Drama Education for a Bachelor’s list. Drake University is a small school located in Des Moines, Iowa that handed out 1 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2020-2021.
Drake not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Among the 4,774 students enrolled at Drake University, 100 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 61 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,780. During this same period, 11 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Drake University does offer credit for military training for eligible 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Drake]](/colleges/drake-university/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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