The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree vets studying musicology and ethnomusicology.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Musicology and Ethnomusicology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brown University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 1 masters’s musicology and ethnomusicology degrees in 2020-2021.
Brown also made our “Best Musicology & Ethnomusicology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, Brown University supports 9,948 students, and 98 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 19 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,111. During this same period, 40 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Musicology and Ethnomusicology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandeis University landed the #2 spot on the list. Brandeis is located in Waltham, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s musicology and ethnomusicology degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brandeis, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Musicology & Ethnomusicology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 41 of the 5,440 students enrolled at Brandeis University were GI Bill® students, of which 22 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,483. On top of their other funding sources, 15 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Brandeis University]](/colleges/brandeis-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Musicology and Ethnomusicology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The New England Conservatory of Music landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s musicology and ethnomusicology students in 2020-2021.
The New England Conservatory of Music did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Musicology & Ethnomusicology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 701 students enrolled at The New England Conservatory of Music, 5 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,129. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at The New England Conservatory of Music]](/colleges/the-new-england-conservatory-of-music/student-life/veterans/)