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2023 Best Costume Design Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

2 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$38,400 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly for Costume Design for a Master's

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 for Costume Design for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 52 people earned their degree in costume design, making the major the 1122nd most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Costume Design for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in costume design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality costume design programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the costume design program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Costume Design for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Costume Design for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying costume design.

Top 2 Best Costume Design Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Costume Design for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 masters’s costume design degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying costume design list, Carnegie Mellon has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Costume Design Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 13,519 students enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University, 117 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 72 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,422. During this same period, 36 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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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Academy of Art University
San Francisco, California

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Costume Design for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #2 spot on the list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 4 masters’s costume design degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying costume design list, Academy of Art University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Costume Design Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 8,928 students enrolled at Academy of Art University, 1,287 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,016 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,275. On top of their other funding sources, 257 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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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