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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Visual & Performing Arts is the 465th most popular major in the country with 912 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 111 other visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other visual and performing arts. 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other visual and performing arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Irvine is a large public school situated in Irvine, California. It awarded 1 masters’s other visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Irvine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of California - Irvine supports 36,303 students, and 8 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,620. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #2 spot on the list. UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s other visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
UC Santa Cruz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 273 of the 19,161 students enrolled at UC Santa Cruz were GI Bill® students, of which 114 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,631. On top of their other funding sources, 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of the Arts. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s list. California Institute of the Arts is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Valencia, California. It awarded 1 masters’s other visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
CalArts also made our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #3.Among the 1,166 students enrolled at CalArts, 18 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $21,930. During this same period, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. CalArts offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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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