2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Cost*
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 Pennsylvania for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 219 people earned their degree in directing and theatrical production, making the major the 810th most popular in the United States.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 35 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great directing and theatrical production 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 directing and theatrical production program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Directing & Theatrical Production Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s directing and theatrical production students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 117 of the 13,519 students enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University were GI Bill® students, of which 72 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,422. During this same period, 36 students received funds through 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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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