2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Art & Technology for a Master’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Art & Technology for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Digital Arts is the 233rd most popular major in the country with 3,225 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 309 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Art & Technology for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in digital arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent digital arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the digital arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Art & Technology for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Art & Technology for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

1,311 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Art & Technology for a Master’s list. University of Southern California is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 12 masters’s art and technology degrees in 2020-2021.

USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Southern California supports 46,287 students, and 1,311 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 862 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,487. In addition to receiving other benefits, 388 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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

2

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, California

1,287 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 Academy of Art University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Art & Technology for a Master’s. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s art and technology degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.

Academy of Art University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 257 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Academy of Art University]](/colleges/academy-of-art-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Digital Arts 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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.