2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Acting for a Master’s

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Acting for a Master’s list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s acting degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

GWU also made our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 27,017 students enrolled at George Washington University, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,185. To help with additional expenses, 0 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at GWU]](/colleges/george-washington-university/student-life/veterans/)

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The New School
New York, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The New School. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Acting for a Master’s. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s acting students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying acting list, New School University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 117 of the 9,047 students enrolled at New School University were GI Bill® students, of which 69 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,786. On top of their other funding sources, 51 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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.

Full The New School Veteran Student Life Report

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The Juilliard School
New York, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Juilliard School. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Acting for a Master’s list. The Juilliard School is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 10 masters’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.

Juilliard also made our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 961 students enrolled at Juilliard, 5 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,000. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

[Read full report on veteran student life at The Juilliard School]](/colleges/the-juilliard-school/student-life/veterans/)