2023 Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Vermont
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Ranked Colleges
43
Degrees Awarded
$35,200
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Fine Arts for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Fine Arts is the 66th most popular major in the country with 11,922 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Vermont, there were 65 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,418 and $24,482 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Fine Arts for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fine arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Fine Arts for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Fine Arts for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Vermont
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Fine Arts for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVM, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Fine 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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,767. To help with additional expenses, 19 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 Middlebury College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Fine Arts for a Bachelor’s list. Middlebury College is a small school located in Middlebury, Vermont that handed out 5 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Middlebury not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list.Of the 2,669 students enrolled at Middlebury, 24 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,101. To help with additional expenses, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.
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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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