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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Visual & Performing Arts for a Doctorate

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10 Degrees Awarded
$32,700 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Visual & Performing Arts for a Doctorate

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 Alabama for Visual & Performing Arts for a Doctorate” 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 Alabama, there were 1,153 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,756 and $27,007 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Visual & Performing Arts for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Visual & Performing Arts for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Visual & Performing Arts for a Doctorate”.

Top 1 Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Alabama

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The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Visual & Performing Arts for a Doctorate list. Located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.

UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list.Among the 37,840 students enrolled at UA, 2,081 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,128 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,975. On top of their other funding sources, 357 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 87%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UA]](/colleges/the-university-of-alabama/student-life/veterans/)

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