2023 Best Other Music Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 California for Other Music for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Other Music is the 407th most popular major in the country with 1,117 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across California, there were 82 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Music for a Master’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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other music program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Music for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Music for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Other Music Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Music for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. USC is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 4 masters’s other music degrees in 2020-2021.
USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Music Master’s Degree Schools in California” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,311 of the 46,287 students enrolled at University of Southern California 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. On top of their other funding sources, 388 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Music for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Northridge landed the #2 spot on the list. California State University - Northridge is a large public school situated in Northridge, California. It awarded 34 masters’s other music degrees in 2020-2021.
CSUN also made our “Best Other Music Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 680 of the 40,381 students enrolled at California State University - Northridge were GI Bill® students, of which 336 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,745. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. California State University - Northridge 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%.
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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.