2023 Best Photography Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$46,900
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 California for Photography for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 2,184 people earned their degree in photography, making the major the 310th most popular in the United States.
Across California, there were 360 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Photography for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in photography. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great photography programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the photography program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Photography for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree vets studying photography.
Top 2 Best Photography Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Photography for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s photography degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.
Academy of Art University also made our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1.Of the 8,928 students enrolled at Academy of Art University, 1,287 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,016 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,275. During this same period, 257 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Academy of Art University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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 be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of the Arts. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Photography for a Master’s list. California Institute of the Arts is located in Valencia, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s photography degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CalArts, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 18 of the 1,166 students enrolled at CalArts were GI Bill® students, of which 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $21,930. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students received funds through 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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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