2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Music Therapy for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
16
Degrees Awarded
$28,700
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Music Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 665 people earned their degree in music therapy, making the major the 519th most popular in the United States.
Across Virginia, there were 21 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music therapy 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 music therapy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Music Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Music Therapy for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Music Therapy for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shenandoah University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Music Therapy for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Winchester, Virginia, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s music therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Shenandoah, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking.Among the 4,174 students enrolled at Shenandoah University, 222 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 133 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,576. In addition to receiving other benefits, 36 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. 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.
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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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