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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,700
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Performance for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Music Performance is the 116th most popular major in the country with 7,335 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 217 music performance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Performance for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in music performance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music performance 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 music performance program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Performance for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Performance for a Master’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Performance for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 masters’s music performance degrees to qualified students.
UMKC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Missouri - Kansas City supports 16,147 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through 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%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Performance for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music performance degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
WSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Music Performance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 577 of the 14,999 students enrolled at WSU were GI Bill® students, of which 385 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,488. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships 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 WSU]](/colleges/wichita-state-university/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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