2023 Best Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$25,714
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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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Folk Art for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry is the 341st most popular major in the country with 119 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, crafts, folk art and artisanry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $24,452 and had an average of $27,500 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 crafts, folk art and artisanry graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Folk Art for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in crafts, folk art and artisanry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great crafts, folk art and artisanry programs and a strong support system for 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 crafts, folk art and artisanry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Folk Art for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Folk Art for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 8 Best Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Folk Art for a Bachelor’s list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 2 bachelors’s folk art degrees in 2020-2021.
UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 52,679 students enrolled at UIUC, 10 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UIUC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Folk Art for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s folk art degrees in 2020-2021.
VCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 29,070 students enrolled at Virginia Commonwealth University were GI Bill® students, of which 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,085. 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.
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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Folk Art for a Bachelor’s. Located in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s folk art students in 2020-2021.
Kutztown University also took the #8 spot in our “Best Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 7,890 students enrolled at Kutztown University, 168 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 61 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,498. 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.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Folk Art for a Bachelor’s. Kent State is a large school located in Kent, Ohio that handed out 3 bachelors’s folk art degrees in 2020-2021.
Kent State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 778 of the 26,822 students enrolled at Kent State were GI Bill® students, of which 374 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,199. 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.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College for Creative Studies. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Folk Art for a Bachelor’s list. College for Creative Studies is a small school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 11 bachelors’s folk art degrees in 2020-2021.
CCS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 32 of the 1,512 students enrolled at College for Creative Studies were GI Bill® students, of which 15 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,696. In addition to receiving other benefits, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at CCS]](/colleges/college-for-creative-studies/student-life/veterans/)
Massachusetts College of Art and Design did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Folk Art for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Massachusetts College of Art and Design is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s folk art degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Massachusetts College of Art and Design supports 1,894 students, and 25 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 12 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,848. 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.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Massachusetts College of Art and Design Veteran Student Life Report
With a ranking of #7, Columbus College of Art and Design did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Folk Art for a Bachelor’s list. CCAD is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 5 bachelors’s folk art degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying folk art list, CCAD has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 35 of the 1,009 students enrolled at Columbus College of Art and Design were GI Bill® students, of which 25 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,884. During this same period, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Columbus College of Art and Design]](/colleges/columbus-college-of-art-and-design/student-life/veterans/)
The University of the Arts ranked #8 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Folk Art for a Bachelor’s list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s folk art degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
UArts not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 42 of the 1,530 students enrolled at UArts were GI Bill® students, of which 22 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,832. On top of their other funding sources, 10 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UArts]](/colleges/the-university-of-the-arts/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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