2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Music for a Master’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Music for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Music is the 43rd most popular major in the country with 25,910 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, music graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,160 and had an average of $24,560 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 424 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,830 and $25,249 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Music for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in music. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the music program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Music for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Music for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Best Music Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut

1

Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Music for a Master’s list. Yale is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 121 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Yale also made our “Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1.Among the 12,060 students enrolled at Yale University, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,238. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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. 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%.

Full Yale Veteran Student Life Report

2

University of Hartford
West Hartford, Connecticut

96 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$12,928 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Music for a Master’s. University of Hartford is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 56 masters’s music degrees in 2020-2021.

UHart did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Music Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list.Among the 6,493 students enrolled at University of Hartford, 96 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,928. In addition to receiving other benefits, 18 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UHart]](/colleges/university-of-hartford/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Music Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
• Best 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.