2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Theatre Literature, History and Criticism for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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. 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 Theatre Literature, History and Criticism for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 51 people earned their degree in theatre literature, history and criticism, making the major the 1098th most popular in the United States.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent theatre literature, history and criticism programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the theatre literature, history and criticism program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Theatre Literature, History and Criticism for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Theatre Literature, History and Criticism for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Theatre Literature, History & Criticism Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Theatre Literature, History and Criticism for a Doctorate. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s theatre literature, history and criticism degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theatre Literature, History & Criticism Doctor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 16 of the 40,709 students enrolled at UMCP were GI Bill® students, of which 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,716. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
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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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