2023 Best General Music Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 the Southeast Region for General Music for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 11,232 people earned their degree in general music, making the major the 73rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,343 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 45 general music graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general music programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general music program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for General Music for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for General Music for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for General Music for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best General Music Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tidewater Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for General Music for an Associate list. Tidewater Community College is a fairly large school located in Norfolk, Virginia that handed out 6 associates’s general music degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree vets studying general music list, Tidewater Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Music Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 16,769 students enrolled at Tidewater Community College, 49 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,391. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Tidewater Community College]](/colleges/tidewater-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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