2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Master’s
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Far Western US Region for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Directing & Theatrical Production is the 810th most popular major in the country with 219 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 20 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in directing and theatrical production. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great directing and theatrical production programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the directing and theatrical production program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree vets studying directing and theatrical production.
Top 3 Best Directing & Theatrical Production Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Master’s. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s directing and theatrical production degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Among the 48,149 students enrolled at UW Seattle, 1,283 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 769 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,190. 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.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Washington - Seattle Campus]](/colleges/university-of-washington-seattle-campus/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Master’s list. University of California - San Diego is a large public school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 5 masters’s directing and theatrical production degrees in 2020-2021.
UCSD also made our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 39,576 students enrolled at UCSD, 112 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,596. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through 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%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of the Arts landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Valencia, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s directing and theatrical production students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CalArts, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 18 of the 1,166 students enrolled at CalArts were GI Bill® students, of which 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $21,930. To help with additional expenses, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at California Institute of the Arts]](/colleges/california-institute-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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