2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s
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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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 554 people earned their degree in sacred music, making the major the 273rd most popular in the United States. 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.
Across the Southeast region, there were 288 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,060 and $27,000 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in sacred music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sacred music programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the sacred music program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying sacred music.
Top 4 Best Sacred Music Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s list. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 masters’s sacred music degrees to qualified students.
Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, Liberty University supports 93,349 students, and 13,282 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 8,897 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,888. During this same period, 386 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mercer University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s. Mercer University is located in Macon, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s sacred music degrees to qualified students.
Mercer also made our “Best Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3.Among the 9,006 students enrolled at Mercer University, 15 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,244. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full Mercer University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mobile. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s list. University of Mobile is a small school located in Mobile, Alabama that handed out 3 masters’s sacred music degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Mobile also took the #4 spot in our “Best Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Mobile supports 2,016 students, and 60 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 37 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,844. During this same period, 2 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Mobile]](/colleges/university-of-mobile/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lee University landed the #4 spot on the list. Lee University is located in Cleveland, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s sacred music degrees to qualified students.
Lee University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 121 of the 5,204 students enrolled at Lee University were GI Bill® students, of which 71 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,028. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%.
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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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