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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Visual & Performing Arts is the 116th most popular major in the country with 6,355 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 New Mexico, there were 72 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,160 and $22,749 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,779 and $27,879 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list.Of the 22,311 students enrolled at University of New Mexico - Main Campus, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of New Mexico - Main Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 22 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking.Of the 14,227 students enrolled at New Mexico State University - Main Campus, 620 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 285 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,880. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. New Mexico State University - Main Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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