2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Stringed Instruments for a Master’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the New England Region for Stringed Instruments for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Stringed Instruments is the 604th most popular major in the country with 507 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 123 stringed instruments graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Stringed Instruments for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in stringed instruments. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great stringed instruments 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 stringed instruments 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 the New England Region for Stringed Instruments for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree vets studying stringed instruments.

Top 2 Best Stringed Instruments Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

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 the New England Region for Stringed Instruments 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 43 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Yale also took the #1 spot in our “Best Stringed Instruments Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 12,060 students enrolled at Yale University were GI Bill® students, of which 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Yale]](/colleges/yale-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

The New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, Massachusetts

5 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$6,129 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The New England Conservatory of Music. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Stringed Instruments for a Master’s list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s stringed instruments degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.

The New England Conservatory of Music also made our “Best Stringed Instruments Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, The New England Conservatory of Music supports 701 students, and 5 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,129. During this same period, 3 students qualified for 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

[Read full report on veteran student life at The New England Conservatory of Music]](/colleges/the-new-england-conservatory-of-music/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Stringed Instruments 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.