2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Brass Instruments for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly for Brass Instruments for a Doctorate” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 58 people earned their degree in brass instruments, making the major the 1103rd most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Brass Instruments for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in brass instruments. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent brass instruments programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the brass instruments program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Brass Instruments for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Brass Instruments for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Brass Instruments for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Best Brass Instruments Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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 for Brass Instruments for a Doctorate list. USC is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 1 doctorate’s brass instruments degrees in 2020-2021.

USC also made our “Best Brass Instruments Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Among the 46,287 students enrolled at USC, 1,311 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 862 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,487. During this same period, 388 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. USC offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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The Juilliard School
New York, New York

5 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$14,000 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Brass Instruments for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The Juilliard School landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s brass instruments students in 2020-2021.

Juilliard also took the #2 spot in our “Best Brass Instruments Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 961 students enrolled at The Juilliard School, 5 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,000. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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 94%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Juilliard]](/colleges/the-juilliard-school/student-life/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.