2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Ceramic Arts and Ceramics for a Master’s
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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 for Ceramic Arts and Ceramics for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 127 people earned their degree in ceramic arts and ceramics, making the major the 941st most popular in the United States.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Ceramic Arts and Ceramics for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in ceramic arts and ceramics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ceramic arts and ceramics programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ceramic arts and ceramics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Ceramic Arts and Ceramics for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying ceramic arts and ceramics.
Top 8 Best Ceramic Arts & Ceramics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Ceramic Arts and Ceramics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Hood College landed the #1 spot on the list. Hood is a private not-for-profit institution located in Frederick, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hood, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Ceramic Arts & Ceramics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 2,042 students enrolled at Hood, 91 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 56 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,455. To help with additional expenses, 16 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Hood 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 Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Ceramic Arts and Ceramics for a Master’s list. OHIO Athens is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 2 masters’s ceramic arts and ceramics degrees in 2020-2021.
OHIO Athens also took the #4 spot in our “Best Ceramic Arts & Ceramics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Ohio University - Athens Campus supports 25,714 students, and 726 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 324 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,725. During this same period, 10 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at OHIO Athens]](/colleges/ohio-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Ceramic Arts and Ceramics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s ceramic arts and ceramics students in 2020-2021.
Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Ceramic Arts & Ceramics Master’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 37,236 students enrolled at Temple, 830 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 510 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,479. On top of their other funding sources, 9 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Ceramic Arts and Ceramics for a Master’s list. UMass Dartmouth is a medium-sized public school situated in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. It awarded 5 masters’s ceramic arts and ceramics degrees in 2020-2021.
UMass Dartmouth also made our “Best Ceramic Arts & Ceramics Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8.Of the 7,869 students enrolled at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, 209 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 98 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,026. During this same period, 11 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Ceramic Arts and Ceramics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ceramic arts and ceramics degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying ceramic arts and ceramics list, WSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Ceramic Arts & Ceramics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 14,999 students enrolled at Wichita State University, 577 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 385 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,488. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Alfred University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Ceramic Arts and Ceramics for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Alfred, New York, and it awarded 7 masters’s ceramic arts and ceramics degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Alfred, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Ceramic Arts & Ceramics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Alfred supports 2,187 students, and 38 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 17 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,695. To help with additional expenses, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Alfred]](/colleges/alfred-university/student-life/veterans/)
Cranbrook Academy of Art landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Ceramic Arts and Ceramics for a Master’s ranking. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s ceramic arts and ceramics degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying ceramic arts and ceramics list, Carnbrook Academy has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Ceramic Arts & Ceramics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 126 students enrolled at Cranbrook Academy of Art were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 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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Rhode Island School of Design ranked #8 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Ceramic Arts and Ceramics for a Master’s list. Rhode Island School of Design is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s ceramic arts and ceramics degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying ceramic arts and ceramics list, RISD has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Ceramic Arts & Ceramics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 2,227 students enrolled at RISD, 16 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,999. To help with additional expenses, 3 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Rhode Island School of Design]](/colleges/rhode-island-school-of-design/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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