2023 Best Musical Theater Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Musical Theatre for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 995 people earned their degree in musical theater, making the major the 426th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 54 musical theater graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality musical theater programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the musical theater program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. 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 Musical Theatre for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Musical Theatre for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying musical theatre.
Top 1 Best Musical Theater Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Musical Theatre for an Associate list. New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts is a private for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 41 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our associate degree vets studying musical theatre list, New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Musical Theater Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 24 of the 257 students enrolled at New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts were GI Bill® students, of which 15 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,778. To help with additional expenses, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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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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