2023 Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Theater for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Theater Arts is the 70th most popular major in the country with 11,385 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across California, there were 1,941 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 638 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,972 and $17,699 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent theater arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the theater arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Theater for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Theater for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Theater for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Diego Mesa College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Theater for an Associate. San Diego Mesa College is a fairly large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 2 associates’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
San Diego Mesa College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” list.Of the 20,693 students enrolled at San Diego Mesa College, 982 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 745 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $536. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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