2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Religious Music for a Bachelor’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Pennsylvania for Religious Music for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Religious/Sacred Music is the 603rd most popular major in the country with 473 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 7 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Religious Music for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious/sacred music. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious/sacred music 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 religious/sacred music program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Religious Music for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree vets studying religious music.

Top 3 Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania

1

Lancaster Bible College
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

44 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$6,560 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lancaster Bible College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Religious Music for a Bachelor’s list. Lancaster Bible College is a small school located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.

Lancaster Bible College also made our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1.Of the 2,038 students enrolled at Lancaster Bible College, 44 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 37 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,560. 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.

Full Lancaster Bible College Veteran Student Life Report

2

Clarks Summit University
South Abington Township, Pennsylvania

18 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$7,171 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Religious Music for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarks Summit University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s religious music students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CSU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Of the 768 students enrolled at CSU, 18 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,171. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at CSU]](/colleges/baptist-bible-college-and-seminary-of-pennsylvania/student-life/veterans/)

3

University of Valley Forge
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

17 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$6,901 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Valley Forge. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Religious Music for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVF, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Valley Forge supports 557 students, and 17 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 8 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,901. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full University of Valley Forge 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

Footnotes

• *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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