2023 Best Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Composition for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Music Theory & Composition is the 390th most popular major in the country with 1,175 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 31 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 music theory and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Composition for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in music theory and composition. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality music theory and composition programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the music theory and composition program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Composition for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying music composition.
Top 4 Best Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Composition for a Bachelor’s. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music composition degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
UMKC also made our “Best Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2.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 qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Missouri - Kansas City offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Composition for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a medium-sized school located in Duluth, Minnesota that handed out 1 bachelors’s music composition degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Duluth, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, UMN Duluth supports 10,275 students, and 249 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 88 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,883. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMN Duluth 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%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Composition for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s music composition degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
WSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, WSU supports 14,999 students, and 577 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 385 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,488. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Olaf College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Music Composition for a Bachelor’s. Located in Northfield, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music composition students in 2020-2021.
St. Olaf not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Theory & Composition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 2,953 students enrolled at St. Olaf, 23 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,252. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at St. Olaf]](/colleges/st-olaf-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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