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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conducting for a Master’s

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conducting for a Master's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conducting for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 153 people earned their degree in conducting, making the major the 878th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 13 conducting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conducting for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in conducting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great conducting 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 conducting program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conducting for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conducting for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Best Conducting Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conducting for a Master’s list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s conducting degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Yale, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Conducting Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Yale supports 12,060 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,238. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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Berklee College of Music
Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Berklee College of Music. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conducting for a Master’s. Berklee College of Music is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 2 masters’s conducting degrees in 2020-2021.

Berklee College of Music not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Conducting Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 6,631 students enrolled at Berklee College of Music, 365 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 288 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,264. During this same period, 25 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%. 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.

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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conducting for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The New England Conservatory of Music landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s conducting students in 2020-2021.

The New England Conservatory of Music also made our “Best Conducting Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.Among the 701 students enrolled at The New England Conservatory of Music, 5 are 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 $6,129. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.

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