2023 Best Musical Theater Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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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 Far Western US Region for Musical Theatre for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Musical Theater is the 426th most popular major in the country with 995 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 51 musical theater graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 musical theater graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Musical Theatre for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in musical theater. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality musical theater programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the musical theater 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 Far Western US Region for Musical Theatre for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree vets studying musical theatre.
Top 2 Best Musical Theater Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Musical Theatre for a Bachelor’s. UC Irvine is a public institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UC Irvine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Musical Theater Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of California - Irvine supports 36,303 students, and 8 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,620. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Chico. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Musical Theatre for a Bachelor’s. Located in Chico, California, this fairly large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s musical theatre students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chico State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Musical Theater Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Of the 16,746 students enrolled at California State University - Chico, 354 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 166 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,098. To help with additional expenses, 0 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 impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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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