2023 Best Music Pedagogy Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Music Pedagogy for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Music Pedagogy is the 710th most popular major in the country with 308 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 86 music pedagogy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Music Pedagogy for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in music pedagogy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music pedagogy programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the music pedagogy program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Music Pedagogy for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Music Pedagogy for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Music Pedagogy Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

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Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

13,282 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Music Pedagogy for a Master’s list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 36 diplomas to qualified masters’s music pedagogy students in 2020-2021.

Liberty University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Music Pedagogy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 93,349 students enrolled at Liberty University, 13,282 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 8,897 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,888. During this same period, 386 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Liberty University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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Shenandoah University
Winchester, Virginia

222 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$16,576 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shenandoah University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Music Pedagogy for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Winchester, Virginia, and it awarded 10 masters’s music pedagogy degrees in 2020-2021.

Shenandoah did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Pedagogy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 222 of the 4,174 students enrolled at Shenandoah were GI Bill® students, of which 133 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,576. During this same period, 36 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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

Footnotes

• *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.