2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Visual Arts for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$27,696
Avg Salary
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 Southeast Region for Visual Arts for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 6,355 people earned their degree in general visual and performing arts, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,134 and had an average of $26,019 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,954 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,128 and $26,925 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 212 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Visual Arts for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general visual and performing arts programs and a strong support system for 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 general visual and performing arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The visual arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Visual Arts for an Associate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Visual Arts for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree vets studying visual arts.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Virginia Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Visual Arts for an Associate. Northern Virginia Community College is a large public school situated in Annandale, Virginia. It awarded 23 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Northern Virginia Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 52,873 students enrolled at Northern Virginia Community College, 3 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,267. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Northern Virginia Community College]](/colleges/northern-virginia-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Full Sail University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Visual Arts for an Associate list. Full Sail University is a large private for-profit school situated in Winter Park, Florida. It awarded 69 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Full Sail University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 24,627 students enrolled at Full Sail University, 4,199 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3,206 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,240. On top of their other funding sources, 604 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Full Sail University Veteran Student Life Report
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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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