2023 Best Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Fine Arts & Art Studies for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Fine Arts & Art Studies is the 506th most popular major in the country with 837 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across California, there were 114 other fine arts and art studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Fine Arts & Art Studies for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other fine arts and art studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other fine arts and art studies 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 other fine arts and art studies 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 California for Other Fine Arts & Art Studies for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Fine Arts & Art Studies for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

1

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, California

1,287 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Fine Arts & Art Studies for a Master’s list. Academy of Art University is located in San Francisco, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 masters’s other fine arts and art studies degrees to qualified students.

Academy of Art University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,287 of the 8,928 students enrolled at Academy of Art University were GI Bill® students, of which 1,016 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,275. During this same period, 257 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Academy of Art University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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%.

Full Academy of Art University Veteran Student Life Report

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University of California - Davis
Davis, California

31 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Fine Arts & Art Studies for a Master’s. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 10 masters’s other fine arts and art studies degrees in 2020-2021.

UC Davis not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list.According to our most recent data, UC Davis supports 39,074 students, and 31 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 23 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,489. During this same period, 0 students qualified for 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of California - Davis]](/colleges/university-of-california-davis/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
• Best Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.