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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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Mississippi, there were 769 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,259 and $28,224 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great visual and performing arts programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The 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 Mississippi for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. 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 mississippi master’s degree vets studying visual & performing arts.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s. Southern Miss is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 40 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern Miss also took the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking.Among the 14,606 students enrolled at Southern Miss, 351 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 226 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,605. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mississippi. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s. University of Mississippi is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Ole Miss also took the #2 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking.Of the 21,014 students enrolled at University of Mississippi, 46 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 22 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,346. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for 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.
Full Ole Miss Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Clinton, Mississippi, and it awarded 7 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
MC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list.Of the 4,667 students enrolled at MC, 171 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 98 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,734. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%.
Full MC Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi University for Women. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s list. MUW is a small school located in Columbus, Mississippi that handed out 3 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
MUW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list.According to our most recent data, Mississippi University for Women supports 2,704 students, and 94 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 42 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,923. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mississippi University for Women does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at MUW]](/colleges/mississippi-university-for-women/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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