2023 Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Vermont
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Theater for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Drama & Theater Arts is the 59th most popular major in the country with 17,341 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, drama and theater arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $23,190 and had an average of $23,522 in loans still to pay off.
Across Vermont, there were 52 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $15,302 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,418 and $24,482 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Theater for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drama and theater arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality drama and theater arts programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the drama and theater arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Theater for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Theater for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont bachelor’s degree vets studying theater.
Top 3 Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Vermont
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Theater for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. UVM is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVM, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking.According to our most recent data, UVM supports 13,292 students, and 218 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 142 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,767. In addition to receiving other benefits, 19 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Vermont]](/colleges/university-of-vermont/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlebury College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Theater for a Bachelor’s list. Middlebury, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Middlebury not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list.According to our most recent data, Middlebury supports 2,669 students, and 24 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 19 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,101. During this same period, 8 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bennington College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Theater for a Bachelor’s list. Bennington, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our vermont bachelor’s degree vets studying theater list, Bennington has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking.Among the 799 students enrolled at Bennington, 9 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,104. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Bennington]](/colleges/bennington-college/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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