2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Music for a Master’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Music for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 149 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Music for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other music program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Music for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Music for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Other Music Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

1

Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

140 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Music for a Master’s list. Columbia is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 10 masters’s other music degrees in 2020-2021.

Columbia also made our “Best Other Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 6,769 students enrolled at Columbia College Chicago, 140 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 98 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,151. On top of their other funding sources, 25 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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2

Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, Ohio

5 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$26,163 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cleveland Institute of Music. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Music for a Master’s. This small school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 2 masters’s other music degrees in 2020-2021.

Cleveland Institute of Music not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 381 students enrolled at Cleveland Institute of Music, 5 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $26,163. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Full Cleveland Institute of Music Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Other Music Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.