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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Far Western US Region for Voice for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 656 people earned their degree in voice performance, making the major the 528th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 82 voice performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Voice for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in voice performance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great voice performance programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the voice performance program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Voice for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Voice for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Voice for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Voice for a Master’s. University of Southern California is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s voice degrees to qualified students.
USC also made our “Best Voice Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 1,311 of the 46,287 students enrolled at University of Southern California were GI Bill® students, of which 862 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,487. In addition to receiving other benefits, 388 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Voice for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco Conservatory of Music landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in San Francisco, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s voice students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFCM, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Voice Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Of the 410 students enrolled at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 8 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,322. To help with additional expenses, 5 students received funds through 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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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