2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Keyboard Instruments for a Master’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Keyboard Instruments for a Master’s” ranking.

Keyboard Instruments is the 590th most popular major in the country with 523 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across California, there were 61 keyboard instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the keyboard instruments program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Keyboard Instruments for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree vets studying keyboard instruments.

Top 2 Best Keyboard Instruments Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

1,311 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Keyboard Instruments for a Master’s. USC is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 12 masters’s keyboard instruments degrees in 2020-2021.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Keyboard Instruments Master’s Degree Schools in California” list.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. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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.

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San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, California

8 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$16,322 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Keyboard Instruments for a Master’s. This small school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 14 masters’s keyboard instruments degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFCM, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Keyboard Instruments Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 8 of the 410 students enrolled at San Francisco Conservatory of Music were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,322. During this same period, 5 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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

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.