2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$21,246
Avg Salary
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 New Jersey for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Visual & Performing Arts is the 116th most popular major in the country with 6,355 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,134 and had an average of $26,019 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Jersey, there were 180 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,246 and $26,067 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general visual and performing arts programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The visual arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Stockton University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Galloway, New Jersey, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Stockton State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list.Of the 9,893 students enrolled at Stockton State, 272 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 168 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,955. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Stockton State offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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 85%.
Full Stockton State Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ramapo College of New Jersey. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s. This medium-sized school is located in Mahwah, New Jersey, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Ramapo College also made our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Ramapo College of New Jersey supports 6,042 students, and 77 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 41 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,051. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full Ramapo College Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bloomfield College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Visual Arts for a Bachelor’s list. Bloomfield, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.
Bloomfield College also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking.Of the 1,533 students enrolled at Bloomfield College, 16 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,774. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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