2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Musical Theatre
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 in the New England Region for Musical Theatre” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 995 people earned their degree in musical theater, making the major the 426th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 90 musical theater graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Musical Theatre” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in musical theater. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great musical theater 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 musical theater program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Musical Theatre
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Musical Theatre”.
Top 3 Best Musical Theater Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emerson College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Musical Theatre list. Emerson College is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 12 ’s musical theatre degrees in 2020-2021.
Emerson also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Emerson College supports 5,115 students, and 100 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 62 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,410. In addition to receiving other benefits, 38 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Emerson College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Connecticut State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Musical Theatre list. WestConn is a public institution located in Danbury, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WestConn, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 5,246 students enrolled at WestConn, 119 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 83 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,114. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Musical Theatre that were part of this year’s ranking, Berklee College of Music landed the #3 spot on the list. Berklee College of Music is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 63 ’s musical theatre degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new england region vets studying musical theatre list, Berklee College of Music has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 6,631 students enrolled at Berklee College of Music, 365 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 288 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,264. On top of their other funding sources, 25 students received scholarships through 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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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