2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Visual Arts for an Associate
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Far Western US Region for Visual Arts for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Visual & Performing Arts is the 221st most popular major in the country with 3,130 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 992 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 634 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent visual and performing arts 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 visual and performing arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Visual Arts for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree vets studying visual arts.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego Mesa College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Visual Arts for an Associate list. San Diego Mesa College is located in San Diego, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
San Diego Mesa College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Of the 20,693 students enrolled at San Diego Mesa College, 982 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 745 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $536. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at San Diego Mesa College]](/colleges/san-diego-mesa-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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