2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Music Therapy for a Master’s
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Music Therapy for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Virginia for Music Therapy 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. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Music Therapy for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Music Therapy for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Music Therapy for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Shenandoah University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Winchester, Virginia, and it awarded 3 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
Shenandoah did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list.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 Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,576. During this same period, 36 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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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