2023 Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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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 Middle Atlantic Region for Other Music for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,117 people earned their degree in other music, making the major the 407th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 112 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Music for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other music. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other music programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Music for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Music for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 4 Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Messiah University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Music for a Bachelor’s. Messiah is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Messiah did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 3,370 students enrolled at Messiah University, 72 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,642. In addition to receiving other benefits, 20 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Messiah University 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Messiah]](/colleges/messiah-college/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Music for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Duquesne University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other music students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duquesne, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Duquesne University supports 8,830 students, and 219 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 127 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,403. During this same period, 43 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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 Duquesne Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Music for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercy College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Dobbs Ferry, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other music students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mercy, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 9,547 students enrolled at Mercy, 2 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,740. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LIU Post. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Music for a Bachelor’s list. LIU Post is a fairly large school located in Brookville, New York that handed out 5 bachelors’s other music degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying other music list, LIU Post has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Other Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, LIU Post supports 15,066 students, and 53 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 48 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,023. On top of their other funding sources, 15 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. LIU Post offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full LIU Post Veteran Student Life Report
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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.