2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Sacred Music for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
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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 for Sacred Music for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Sacred Music is the 273rd most popular major in the country with 554 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, sacred music graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,993 and had an average of $27,000 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Sacred Music for an Associate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sacred music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sacred music programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the sacred music program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Sacred Music for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying sacred music.
Top 3 Best Sacred Music Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeastern University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Sacred Music for an Associate. Southeastern University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Lakeland, Florida. It awarded 2 associates’s sacred music degrees in 2020-2021.
SEU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Sacred Music Associate Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, SEU supports 9,546 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,265. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SEU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at SEU]](/colleges/southeastern-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The King’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Sacred Music for an Associate list. This small school is located in Southlake, Texas, and it awarded 3 associates’s sacred music degrees in 2020-2021.
TKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Sacred Music Associate Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, TKU supports 666 students, and 44 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 33 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,516. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Sacred Music for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Valor Christian College landed the #3 spot on the list. Canal Winchester, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s sacred music degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Valor Christian College also made our “Best Sacred Music Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2.Of the 289 students enrolled at Valor Christian College, 13 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,943. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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