2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for General Music for an Associate
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for General Music for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 11,232 people earned their degree in general music, making the major the 73rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 679 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 60 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for General Music for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general music programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general music 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 Rocky Mountains Region for General Music for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for General Music for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best General Music Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for General Music for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #1 spot on the list. Orem, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general music degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
UVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Music Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Among the 40,936 students enrolled at Utah Valley University, 813 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 379 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,550. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 UVU]](/colleges/utah-valley-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for General Music for an Associate list. This small school is located in Powell, Wyoming, and it awarded 9 associates’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.
Northwest Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Music Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 43 of the 1,438 students enrolled at Northwest College were GI Bill® students, of which 16 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,368. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Northwest College offers 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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