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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Visual & Performing Arts for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Other Visual & Performing Arts is the 465th most popular major in the country with 912 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 69 other visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 other visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other visual and performing arts programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other visual and performing arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The other visual & performing arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Visual & Performing Arts for a Bachelor’s”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Visual & Performing Arts for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clark University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Visual & Performing Arts for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s other visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clark, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 20 of the 3,405 students enrolled at Clark were GI Bill® students, of which 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,985. To help with additional expenses, 4 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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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