2023 Best Other Visual Art Colleges for Veterans in California
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$40,400
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Visual Art” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 912 people earned their degree in other visual art, making the major the 251st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, other visual art graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,565 and had an average of $18,144 in loans still to pay off.
Across California, there were 83 other visual art graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,732 and $20,250 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Visual Art” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other visual art. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other visual art programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other visual art program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Visual Art
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Visual Art”.
Top 3 Best Other Visual Art Colleges for Veterans in California
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Visual Art. UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 ’s other visual art degrees to qualified students.
UC Irvine also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 8 of the 36,303 students enrolled at University of California - Irvine were GI Bill® students, of which 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,620. To help with additional expenses, 0 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Visual Art that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #2 spot on the list. Santa Cruz, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s other visual art degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
UC Santa Cruz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 19,161 students enrolled at UC Santa Cruz, 273 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 114 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,631. On top of their other funding sources, 0 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Francisco Art Institute. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Visual Art. San Francisco, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s other visual art degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFAI, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, SFAI supports 41 students, and 13 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 13 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,103. In addition to receiving other benefits, 9 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at SFAI]](/colleges/san-francisco-art-institute/student-life/veterans/)
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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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