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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Rhode Island for Visual & Performing Arts for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 149,215 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,700 and had an average of $25,051 in loans still to pay off.
Across Rhode Island, there were 709 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,667 and $22,440 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 570 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,833 and $24,930 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Visual & Performing Arts for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent visual and performing arts 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 visual and performing arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Visual & Performing Arts for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island bachelor’s degree vets studying visual & performing arts.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Visual & Performing Arts for a Bachelor’s list. Brown is a fairly large school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 83 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Brown also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Brown University supports 9,948 students, and 98 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 19 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,111. To help with additional expenses, 40 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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%.
Full Brown University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Visual & Performing Arts for a Bachelor’s. University of Rhode Island is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 108 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking.According to our most recent data, URI supports 17,649 students, and 381 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 187 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,022. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full URI Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Visual & Performing Arts for a Bachelor’s. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 98 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
RIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list.Among the 7,072 students enrolled at RIC, 206 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 82 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,369. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at RIC]](/colleges/rhode-island-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island School of Design. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Visual & Performing Arts for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 199 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at RISD, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 16 of the 2,227 students enrolled at Rhode Island School of Design 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 $20,999. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students received scholarships 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 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Rhode Island School of Design Veteran Student Life Report
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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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