2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Acting for a Bachelor’s
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Tennessee for Acting for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,793 people earned their degree in acting, making the major the 323rd most popular in the United States.
Across Tennessee, there were 68 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,466 and $26,819 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Acting for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in acting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality acting programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the acting program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Acting for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Acting for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee bachelor’s degree vets studying acting.
Top 2 Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belmont University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Acting for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s acting students in 2020-2021.
Belmont not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list.Our most recent data shows that 343 of the 8,204 students enrolled at Belmont were GI Bill® students, of which 227 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,102. To help with additional expenses, 146 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Acting for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lipscomb University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lipscomb University is a small school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 5 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
Lipscomb also made our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #2.Of the 4,884 students enrolled at Lipscomb University, 235 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 184 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,878. To help with additional expenses, 72 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%.
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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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