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2023 Best Music Colleges for Veterans in Montana

2 Ranked Colleges
43 Degrees Awarded
$32,200 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Music

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Music” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 25,910 people earned their degree in music, making the major the 43rd most popular in the United States. 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 Montana, there were 43 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Music” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music programs as well as strong veteran support.

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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Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Music

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Music”.

Top 2 Best Music Colleges for Veterans in Montana

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The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Music that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #1 spot on the list. UM is a fairly large school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 28 ’s music degrees in 2020-2021.

UM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 9,808 students enrolled at UM, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full UM Veteran Student Life Report

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Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Montana for Music list. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified ’s music students in 2020-2021.

MSU Bozeman also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 656 of the 16,218 students enrolled at MSU Bozeman were GI Bill® students, of which 393 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,023. In addition to receiving other benefits, 37 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 MSU Bozeman]](/colleges/montana-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

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