2023 Best Sound Arts Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$33,100
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 for Sound Arts for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Sound Arts is the 1300th most popular major in the country with 12 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 sound arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Sound Arts for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sound arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sound arts programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sound arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Sound Arts for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree vets studying sound arts.
Top 3 Best Sound Arts Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Sound Arts for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Oswego landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Oswego, New York, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s sound arts degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying sound arts list, SUNY Oswego has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Sound Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 139 of the 7,636 students enrolled at SUNY Oswego were GI Bill® students, of which 62 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,918. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 SUNY Oswego]](/colleges/suny-college-at-oswego/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Sound Arts for a Bachelor’s list. Lowell, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s sound arts degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
UMass Lowell also took the #2 spot in our “Best Sound Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 18,150 students enrolled at UMass Lowell, 623 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 290 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,664. On top of their other funding sources, 29 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMass Lowell does offer 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%.
Full University of Massachusetts - Lowell Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Sound Arts for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bennington College landed the #3 spot on the list. Bennington is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bennington, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bennington, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Sound Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 799 students enrolled at Bennington, 9 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,104. During this same period, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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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