2023 Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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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. 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 the Plains States Region for Music Therapy for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 665 people earned their degree in music therapy, making the major the 519th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 50 music therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Therapy for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music therapy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music therapy programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the music therapy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 the Plains States Region for Music Therapy for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Therapy for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Therapy for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Therapy for a Master’s. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 6 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
KU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, KU supports 26,744 students, and 70 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 40 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,917. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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 University of Kansas Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Augsburg University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Therapy for a Master’s. Augsburg is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 3 masters’s music therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
Augsburg also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 71 of the 3,346 students enrolled at Augsburg were GI Bill® students, of which 40 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,851. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Augsburg University]](/colleges/augsburg-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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