2023 Best Religious/Sacred Music Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

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Dallas Baptist University
Dallas, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dallas Baptist University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Religious Music for a Master’s. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious music degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

DBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 4,247 students enrolled at DBU, 200 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 150 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,924. To help with additional expenses, 39 students qualified for 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 Dallas Baptist University]](/colleges/dallas-baptist-university/student-life/veterans/)

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Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Religious Music for a Master’s list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious music degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree vets studying religious music list, SMU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 12,373 students enrolled at Southern Methodist University, 327 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 215 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,612. To help with additional expenses, 103 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 freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full SMU Veteran Student Life Report

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Baylor University
Waco, Texas

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Religious Music for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 19,297 students enrolled at Baylor University, 876 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 593 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,744. During this same period, 263 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Baylor]](/colleges/baylor-university/student-life/veterans/)