Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island 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. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s musicology and ethnomusicology students in 2020-2021.
Brown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Musicology & Ethnomusicology Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 98 of the 9,948 students enrolled at Brown were GI Bill® students, of which 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,111. On top of their other funding sources, 40 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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 undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Brown]](/colleges/brown-university/student-life/veterans/)