2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest 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. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s” 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.
Across the Southwest region, there were 50 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sacred music program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree vets studying sacred music.
Top 3 Best Sacred Music Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Dallas Baptist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s sacred music degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
DBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.According to our most recent data, Dallas Baptist University supports 4,247 students, and 200 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 150 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,924. In addition to receiving other benefits, 39 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Dallas Baptist University]](/colleges/dallas-baptist-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s sacred music degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
SMU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Southern Methodist University supports 12,373 students, and 327 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 215 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,612. To help with additional expenses, 103 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southern Methodist 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 freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Sacred Music for a Master’s list. Baylor is a large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s sacred music degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree vets studying sacred music list, Baylor has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 876 of the 19,297 students enrolled at Baylor were GI Bill® students, of which 593 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,744. During this same period, 263 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Baylor]](/colleges/baylor-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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