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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Music Performance for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Music Performance is the 116th most popular major in the country with 7,335 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Florida, there were 336 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 181 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,395 and $25,950 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Music Performance for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in music performance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music performance 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 music performance program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
The colleges and universities below are the best for florida bachelor’s degree vets studying music performance.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Music Performance for a Bachelor’s list. Florida State University is a large public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 25 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Florida State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list.According to our most recent data, Florida State supports 43,569 students, and 8 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 8 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,819. On top of their other funding sources, 0 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 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Music Performance for a Bachelor’s. Coral Gables, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s music performance degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at U Miami, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking.Of the 17,809 students enrolled at U Miami, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $22,198. During this same period, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at U Miami]](/colleges/university-of-miami/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Music Performance for a Bachelor’s. Located in Orlando, Florida, this large public school handed out 40 degrees to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
UCF also made our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, UCF supports 71,881 students, and 2,263 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,216 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,995. On top of their other funding sources, 8 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 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UCF]](/colleges/university-of-central-florida/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Music Performance for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
USF Tampa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list.Among the 50,626 students enrolled at University of South Florida - Main Campus, 2,211 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,241 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,943. In addition to receiving other benefits, 13 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Music Performance for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Stetson University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in DeLand, Florida, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
Stetson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list.According to our most recent data, Stetson supports 4,462 students, and 48 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 34 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,001. On top of their other funding sources, 17 students received funds 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Stetson]](/colleges/stetson-university/student-life/veterans/)
Jacksonville University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Music Performance for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Jacksonville University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 5 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
JU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list.According to our most recent data, Jacksonville University supports 4,053 students, and 459 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 327 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,339. In addition to receiving other benefits, 115 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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University of North Florida ranked #7 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Music Performance for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Jacksonville, Florida, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
UNF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list.Among the 16,926 students enrolled at University of North Florida, 1,067 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 616 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,959. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of North Florida offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
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The University of West Florida came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Music Performance for a Bachelor’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Pensacola, Florida, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s music performance degrees in 2020-2021.
UWF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list.Among the 13,061 students enrolled at UWF, 1,438 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 750 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,810. To help with additional expenses, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UWF]](/colleges/the-university-of-west-florida/student-life/veterans/)
Florida Gulf Coast University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Music Performance for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Fort Myers, Florida, this fairly large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s music performance students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at FGCU, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Music Performance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking.Among the 15,358 students enrolled at FGCU, 362 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 232 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,284. On top of their other funding sources, 0 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%.
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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.
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