2023 Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$39,000
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Music for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,117 people earned their degree in other music, making the major the 407th most popular in the United States.
Across California, there were 82 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Music for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other music programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other music program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Music for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Music for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree vets studying other music.
Top 2 Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
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 Other Music for a Bachelor’s. University of Southern California is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s other music degrees to qualified students.
USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,311 of the 46,287 students enrolled at USC were GI Bill® students, of which 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 received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. USC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
Full University of Southern California Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Biola University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Music for a Bachelor’s. Biola University is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Mirada, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Biola did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list.According to our most recent data, Biola supports 5,815 students, and 148 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 112 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,579. In addition to receiving other benefits, 38 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Biola offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Biola University]](/colleges/biola-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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.