2023 Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 436 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Art & Technology for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in digital arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great digital arts 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 digital arts 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 the Middle Atlantic Region for Art & Technology for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying art & technology.
Top 3 Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Art & Technology for a Master’s list. Syracuse is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 2 masters’s art and technology degrees in 2020-2021.
Syracuse also took the #2 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 21,322 students enrolled at Syracuse University, 385 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 250 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,840. To help with additional expenses, 217 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Syracuse University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Syracuse University]](/colleges/syracuse-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Art & Technology for a Master’s list. Columbia is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 5 masters’s art and technology degrees in 2020-2021.
Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 30,135 students enrolled at Columbia, 739 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 467 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,069. To help with additional expenses, 328 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Columbia Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The City College of New York. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Art & Technology for a Master’s list. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s art and technology degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
CCNY also made our “Best Digital Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 125 of the 15,227 students enrolled at The City College of New York were GI Bill® students, of which 64 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,172. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 CCNY]](/colleges/cuny-city-college/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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