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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Kentucky for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 149,215 visual and performing arts students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. 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 Kentucky, there were 1,191 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,759 and $26,301 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky master’s degree vets studying visual & performing arts.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 42 students in 2020-2021.
UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list.According to our most recent data, University of Kentucky supports 29,986 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full UK Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #2 spot on the list. UofL is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
UofL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list.Our most recent data shows that 17 of the 22,211 students enrolled at UofL were GI Bill® students, of which 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,972. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UofL offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UofL]](/colleges/university-of-louisville/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Morehead State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Morehead State University is located in Morehead, Kentucky and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
Morehead State University also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #3.Of the 9,304 students enrolled at Morehead State University, 191 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 60 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,170. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Morehead State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Morehead State University]](/colleges/morehead-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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