2023 Best Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 862 people earned their degree in other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft, making the major the 554th most popular in the United States.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft for a Master’s”.
Top 4 Best Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft for a Master’s list. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 4 masters’s other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying other dramatic/theatre arts & stagecraft list, Purdue has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Purdue supports 46,655 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,765. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through 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%. 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 Purdue]](/colleges/purdue-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft for a Master’s list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Carnegie Mellon University supports 13,519 students, and 117 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 72 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,422. On top of their other funding sources, 36 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Carnegie Mellon]](/colleges/carnegie-mellon-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #3 spot on the list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
IU Bloomington also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 43,064 students enrolled at Indiana University - Bloomington, 1 are 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. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mary Baldwin University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft for a Master’s. This small school is located in Staunton, Virginia, and it awarded 15 masters’s other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft degrees in 2020-2021.
Mary Baldwin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Master’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 2,110 students enrolled at Mary Baldwin, 89 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 52 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,162. To help with additional expenses, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mary Baldwin offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Mary Baldwin University]](/colleges/mary-baldwin-college/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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