2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Woodwind Instruments for a Master’s
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly for Woodwind Instruments for a Master’s” ranking.
Woodwind Instruments is the 963rd most popular major in the country with 110 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Woodwind Instruments for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in woodwind instruments. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent woodwind instruments 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 woodwind instruments program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Woodwind Instruments for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Woodwind Instruments for a Master’s”.
Top 8 Best Woodwind Instruments Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Woodwind Instruments for a Master’s list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s woodwind instruments students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying woodwind instruments list, USC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Woodwind Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Southern California supports 46,287 students, and 1,311 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 862 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,487. To help with additional expenses, 388 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Southern California does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full USC Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Woodwind Instruments for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 9 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2020-2021.
Roosevelt also made our “Best Woodwind Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8.Among the 4,680 students enrolled at Roosevelt, 95 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 43 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,071. In addition to receiving other benefits, 20 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Roosevelt does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rice University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Woodwind Instruments for a Master’s. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s woodwind instruments degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Rice also made our “Best Woodwind Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Among the 7,643 students enrolled at Rice University, 157 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 80 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,656. During this same period, 68 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Woodwind Instruments for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ithaca College landed the #4 spot on the list. Ithaca College is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ithaca, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Woodwind Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 5,354 students enrolled at Ithaca College, 68 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 35 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,640. On top of their other funding sources, 32 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Ithaca College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Ithaca College]](/colleges/ithaca-college/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Woodwind Instruments for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The New England Conservatory of Music landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 13 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2020-2021.
The New England Conservatory of Music not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Woodwind Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 5 of the 701 students enrolled at The New England Conservatory of Music were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,129. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at The New England Conservatory of Music]](/colleges/the-new-england-conservatory-of-music/student-life/veterans/)
The Juilliard School did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Woodwind Instruments for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in New York, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s woodwind instruments students in 2020-2021.
Juilliard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Woodwind Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 961 students enrolled at The Juilliard School, 5 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,000. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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San Francisco Conservatory of Music ranked #7 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Woodwind Instruments for a Master’s list. San Francisco Conservatory of Music is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 4 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2020-2021.
SFCM also made our “Best Woodwind Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7.Among the 410 students enrolled at SFCM, 8 are 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 5 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 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 San Francisco Conservatory of Music Veteran Student Life Report
Manhattan School of Music came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Woodwind Instruments for a Master’s ranking. This small school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 11 masters’s woodwind instruments degrees in 2020-2021.
Manhattan School of Music also made our “Best Woodwind Instruments Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6.Of the 939 students enrolled at Manhattan School of Music, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $24,635. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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